Use only the official links below. No real recovery asks for your seed phrase or private key. If anyone offers to recover funds for you, it is a scam.

1. Unfinished zkSync withdrawal

   zkSync Era

   $15 · 2 positions

   You started a withdrawal from zkSync Era (or a similar ZK Stack chain) to Ethereum, but never finalized it on Ethereum. The money sits in the L1 bridge.

   1. Open the ZKsync bridge and connect your wallet.
   2. Find the withdrawal that is ready to finalize. Withdrawals are delayed about 3 hours after they are sent.
   3. Press Finalize and pay the Ethereum gas fee. The funds go to the receiver address.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Lens Bridge (opens in a new tab)

   zkSync Bridge (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

2. USDC burned but not minted

   Circle CCTP

   $12 · 1 position

   USDC was burned on one chain through Circle CCTP but the matching USDC was never minted on the destination chain. Circle can still sign it, so it can be completed.

   1. Find the burn transaction hash on the source chain.
   2. Get the signed attestation for it from Circle's attestation API (see the Circle CCTP docs).
   3. On the destination chain, call receiveMessage(message, attestation) on the MessageTransmitter contract. You pay the gas fee. USDC goes to the recipient.

   Circle CCTP docs (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

3. Polygon zkEVM balance

   $8 · 4 positions

   Polygon zkEVM's sequencer stopped on 1 July 2026. Wallet-held funds not bridged before then can be claimed on Ethereum in a claim UI. Polygon treats unclaimed assets as abandoned after 2027-12-31.

   1. Open the Polygon zkEVM claims site and connect the wallet that held the funds.
   2. Pick your balances and send the claim transaction on Ethereum.
   3. Funds locked inside DeFi contracts are not auto-migrated. Ask Polygon through the forum post.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Agglayer bridge UI (opens in a new tab)

   zkEVM claims site (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

4. Archived L2 bridge funds

   Archived L2s

   $7 · 5 positionsMay not work

   This chain shut down and its state is gone, so no one can prove a withdrawal now. The Ethereum bridge still holds the money; only the chain team can release it.

   1. Use the official bridge of the chain you withdrew from (linked next to each of your positions).
   2. Check that chain's official site for a refund or recovery notice.
   3. Without the chain's final state nobody can prove a withdrawal. Only the chain team can release the bridge funds.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Redstone balance claim (opens in a new tab)

5. EigenLayer withdrawal not completed

   $3 · 1 position

   You queued a withdrawal from EigenLayer and the waiting time has passed, but you never completed it. Only the withdrawer address can complete it.

   1. Open the EigenLayer app and connect the withdrawer wallet.
   2. Find your queued withdrawal and press Complete.
   3. Choose to receive the tokens (not re-deposit). Confirm and pay gas in ETH.

   EigenLayer app (opens in a new tab)

6. Seamless v1 deposit on Base

   $1 · 1 position

   You supplied funds to the Seamless v1 lending pool on Base (an Aave v3 fork). seamlessprotocol.com now redirects to X, but the pool contract still lets you withdraw.

   1. Open the pool contract 0x8F44Fd754285aa6A2b8B9B97739B79746e0475a7 on Basescan, Write tab, connect wallet.
   2. Call withdraw(asset, amount, to) with the token address, amount = max (type(uint256).max) and your wallet.
   3. If you have debt, repay() first or withdraw only the free part.

   Seamless v1 pool on Basescan (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

7. Funds on shut-down Swellchain

   Swellchain, Swell

   $1 · 1 position

   Swell closed Swellchain: the final withdrawal deadline was 2026-06-15 and the chain was to run until 2026-06-30. Withdrawals started before 15 June can still be finalized on Ethereum.

   1. If your withdrawal was started before 15 June: after the 7-day proof wait, prove it on the Ethereum OptimismPortal2 0x758E0EE66102816F5C3Ec9ECc1188860fbb87812 (proveWithdrawalTransaction).
   2. Then call finalizeWithdrawalTransaction on the same contract. You pay ETH gas.
   3. If you never started one: Swell said contract withdrawals were possible until 30 June but are technical. Ask Swell support.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Swell Superbridge UI (listed by Swellchain docs) (opens in a new tab)

   Official docs (opens in a new tab)

8. Lisk L2 balance (closing)

   <$1 · 1 position

   Lisk's own chain closes on 2026-10-31. Lisk says withdrawing to Ethereum takes about 8 days, and unstaking LSK adds 3 days. Start now.

   1. Open the Lisk bridge (type bridge.lisk.com yourself) and connect your wallet.
   2. Withdraw your assets to Ethereum. If you staked LSK, unlock it first and wait 3 days.
   3. After the wait, prove and finalize the withdrawal on Ethereum. You pay gas on both chains.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Lisk Bridge (opens in a new tab)

   Lisk bridge (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

9. Orbit Lending deposit on Blast

   <$1 · 1 position

   You supplied funds to Orbit Lending on Blast, which was exploited. You can still withdraw, but some markets hold less cash than is owed, so first come, first served.

   1. Open your cToken contract (listed in the row) on Blast's block explorer, Write tab, connect wallet.
   2. Call redeem(cTokenBalance) or redeemUnderlying(amount).
   3. If you have a borrow in the same market, repay it first; your collateral is locked until then.

   Compound v2 docs (same contract code) (opens in a new tab)

10. Thruster v3 position on Blast

    <$1 · 1 position

    You hold a Thruster v3 liquidity position (an NFT) on Blast. Thruster has shut down, but the position contract still works.

    1. Open the position contract 0x434575EaEa081b735C985FA9bf63CD7b87e227F9 on Blastscan, Write tab, and connect the wallet that owns the NFT.
    2. Call decreaseLiquidity with your tokenId, the liquidity amount, amount0Min, amount1Min and a deadline. Thruster's old guide explains each field.
    3. Then call collect(tokenId, recipient, max, max) to receive the tokens. You can call burn(tokenId) afterwards to delete the empty NFT.
    4. If the NFT is not in your wallet, it may be locked in another contract such as Hyperlock. Withdraw it from there first.

    Thruster position manager (opens in a new tab)

11. Unclaimed Starknet withdrawal

    StarkGate (Starknet)

    <$1 · 1 position

    You withdrew from Starknet to Ethereum but never ran the last step on Ethereum. The funds wait in the StarkGate bridge.

    1. Open StarkGate and connect the receiving wallet.
    2. Open Withdraw history and find the withdrawal ready to claim.
    3. Press Complete or Claim and pay the Ethereum gas fee.

    StarkGate (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

12. zkSync Lite balance not claimed

    <$1 · 1 position

    zkSync Lite was shut down on 2026-05-04. Remaining balances are claimable on Ethereum through a claim contract and a withdrawal portal. Your account is on that list and has not claimed.

    1. Open the zkSync Lite withdrawal portal and connect the wallet that owned the account.
    2. The portal finds your address in the final state, builds the proof and sends the claim. Follow its prompts.
    3. Confirm the Ethereum transaction. Tokens go to your L1 address. Matter Labs sponsors gas for the first 100,000 withdrawals.

    zkSync Lite withdrawal portal (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)