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. Axelar transfer stuck on low gas

   $174 · 24 positions

   Your Axelar cross-chain transfer was paid too little gas, so it did not run on the other chain. Adding gas lets it finish.

   1. Open Axelarscan and search your transaction hash.
   2. On the message page, press Add gas and pay the extra fee in your wallet.
   3. Wait for the relayer to run it on the destination chain.

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

2. USDC burned but not minted

   Circle CCTP

   $10 · 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. Old Polygon Plasma bridge exit

   $2 · 1 position

   You withdrew from Polygon through the old Plasma bridge and the exit was never finished on Ethereum. Polygon's current docs no longer describe this bridge, so the route is not confirmed.

   1. Open Polygon Portal, connect the wallet that burned the tokens, and check Transactions for your exit.
   2. If Portal shows Initiate Claim or Claim Tokens, follow it and pay the Ethereum gas fee.
   3. If it is not listed, the exit must be run on the Polygon contracts directly. Ask Polygon support, with the burn transaction hash.

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

4. Unclaimed Polygon PoS withdrawal

   Polygon PoS bridge

   $0 · 1 positionMay not work

   You burned tokens on Polygon to withdraw to Ethereum, and the checkpoint is done, but the exit was never run on Ethereum. The tokens wait in the bridge.

   1. Open Polygon Portal and connect the wallet that withdrew.
   2. Find the withdrawal in your transactions and press Initiate Claim.
   3. Approve in your wallet, then press Claim Tokens. Pay the Ethereum gas fee. The tokens go to the burner address.

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