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. USDC burned but not minted

   Circle CCTP

   $230,965 · 4 positions

   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)

2. Unclaimed OP Stack chain withdrawal

   Blast, Mantle, Mode, Zora, Lisk, Ink, Unichain and other OP chains

   $7,375 · 1 position

   You withdrew from an OP Stack chain to Ethereum but never completed the last step. The funds wait in that chain's bridge.

   1. Use the official bridge of the chain you withdrew from (linked next to each of your positions).
   2. Connect the receiving wallet and open your transactions. Press Prove, wait out the challenge period shown on the page, then press Finalize.
   3. Pay the Ethereum gas fee each time.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • BOB bridge app (opens in a new tab)

   Official docs (opens in a new tab)

3. RNDR never swapped to RENDER

   $420 · 1 positionMay not work

   You hold old RNDR on Ethereum that was never upgraded. The Render upgrade portal swaps it 1 to 1 for RENDER on Solana. The swap is one-way.

   1. Open the Render upgrade portal. You need an Ethereum wallet with RNDR and a Solana wallet.
   2. Connect both wallets.
   3. Approve RNDR and confirm the upgrade. You pay Ethereum gas.

   Render upgrade portal (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

4. Unclaimed Linea withdrawal

   $272 · 1 position

   You withdrew ETH or tokens from Linea to Ethereum but never claimed them on Ethereum. They wait in the bridge.

   1. Open the Linea bridge and connect the receiving wallet.
   2. Open your transaction history and find the withdrawal marked ready to claim.
   3. Press Claim and pay the Ethereum gas fee.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Linea Bridge (opens in a new tab)

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

5. FTM never moved to Sonic (S)

   Fantom to Sonic

   $66 · 1 positionMay not work

   You hold FTM on Ethereum that was never moved to S on Sonic. Sonic's guide says the Sonic Gateway bridges it 1 to 1.

   1. Open the Sonic Gateway and connect the wallet that holds FTM on Ethereum.
   2. Select FTM (Ethereum), enter the amount, click Bridge and approve the transactions.
   3. When the Claim button appears, claim your S on Sonic. Sonic's guide is from 2024, so check the Gateway still lists FTM (Ethereum).

   Sonic Gateway (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

6. STG never swapped to ZRO

   Stargate / LayerZero

   $20 · 1 positionMay not work

   You hold STG that was never swapped to ZRO. The official redemption site gives 0.08634 ZRO per STG. LayerZero says conversions end on 15 December 2026.

   1. Open the STG Redemption site and connect the wallet that holds STG on Ethereum.
   2. Sign the Terms of Conversion message when asked, approve STG, then confirm the swap.
   3. Do this before 15 December 2026. Conversions are not supported after that date.
   4. Without the site: call swap(stgAmount, signature) on 0x921949cc006A563D76Abd111a3e4c2ACe2C4273f. The signature is of the Terms text.

   Stargate's STG to ZRO post on X (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

7. Nucleus vault shares

   Nucleus (BoringVault)

   $1 · 2 positions

   Nucleus deprecated its vaults on 19 Dec 2025 and the withdraw page is gone. You can redeem vault shares through the Teller contract, but only for assets the vault still holds.

   1. Read the Nucleus deprecation guide first.
   2. Check which tokens the vault still holds, and your vault token balance, on Etherscan (or the Plume explorer).
   3. On the vault's Teller contract, Write tab, call bulkWithdraw(withdrawAsset, shareAmount, minimumAssets, to). The guide says to use 0 for minimumAssets.

   Nucleus deprecation guide (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

8. MKR never converted to SKY

   Maker / Sky

   <$1 · 1 positionMay not work

   You hold MKR, or MKR in the old DSChief voting contract, that was never converted to SKY. The converter still works. Its fee is 5% now (read on-chain 2026-10-01) and rises 1 point every 3 months.

   1. Open the Sky app and connect your wallet.
   2. If your MKR is in the old DSChief voting contract, first call free(amount) on that contract.
   3. Approve MKR, then convert it to SKY. You get 24,000 SKY per MKR minus the fee.
   4. Without the app: call mkrToSky(usr, mkrAmt) on the converter 0xA1Ea1bA18E88C381C724a75F23a130420C403f9a.

   Sky app (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

9. 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)

10. Funds in old Ethereum contracts (2015-2021)

    <$1 · 1 position

    You have a balance in an old Ethereum contract (The DAO, EtherDelta, IDEX, the 2017 ENS registrar, DigixDAO and others). Each contract has its own withdraw call. Use the wallet that owns the position.

    1. The DAO: on the DAO token 0xbb9bc244d798123fde783fcc1c72d3bb8c189413 call approve(0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754, yourBalance). Then call withdraw() on the WithdrawDAO contract 0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754. It pays 1 ETH per 100 DAO.
    2. EtherDelta 0x8d12a197cb00d4747a1fe03395095ce2a5cc6819: from the wallet that deposited, call withdraw(amount) for ETH or withdrawToken(token, amount) for a token. Amounts are in the token's smallest unit.
    3. IDEX v1 0x2a0c0dbecc7e4d658f48e01e3fa353f44050c208: call withdraw(token, amount). Use token 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for ETH. It reverts if your last IDEX activity was fewer than 240 blocks ago.
    4. 2017 ENS registrar 0x6090a6e47849629b7245dfa1ca21d94cd15878ef: call releaseDeed(labelhash) for the name. The labelhash is keccak256 of the name without .eth. The deposit goes back to the deed owner.
    5. Other contracts (DigixDAO, Neufund and more): use the contract's own withdraw or refund function on Etherscan from the owner wallet. Check the contract's code first.

    WithdrawDAO contract (The DAO) (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

11. MATIC never swapped to POL

    Polygon

    $0 · 1 positionMay not work

    You hold old MATIC on Ethereum that was never swapped to POL. The swap is 1 to 1. Polygon has not announced a deadline.

    1. Open the Polygon Portal upgrade page and connect your wallet. Switch the wallet to Ethereum.
    2. Approve the upgrade contract to use your MATIC.
    3. Confirm the migrate transaction to receive POL. You pay Ethereum gas.

    Polygon portal (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)