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Title: Recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to Bitcoin Cash wallet -- PLEASE HELP
Post by: justlevy on December 02, 2017, 12:13:37 AM
Hi,

Does anyone have experience or knowledge of recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to a Bitcoin Cash wallet? I have both private keys. Support from Mycellium (Bitcoin Wallet) isn't helpful at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

-j ??? ???


Operating System: Mac OS 10.13.1
Description of Problem: Mistakenly sent Bitcoin to my Bitcoin Cash wallet. I own both private keys. 2562 confirmations have passed. Bitcoin Wallet = Mycellium. Bitcoin Cash Wallet = Bitcoin.com.
Any Related Transaction IDs:993d9d20fd9ee622b85730f575fa62de82e86ea9956d5f24821f2e20c2e798b0


Title: Re: Recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to Bitcoin Cash wallet -- PLEASE HELP
Post by: kahc on December 02, 2017, 12:58:44 AM
Hi,

Does anyone have experience or knowledge of recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to a Bitcoin Cash wallet? I have both private keys. Support from Mycellium (Bitcoin Wallet) isn't helpful at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

-j ??? ???


Operating System: Mac OS 10.13.1
Description of Problem: Mistakenly sent Bitcoin to my Bitcoin Cash wallet. I own both private keys. 2562 confirmations have passed. Bitcoin Wallet = Mycellium. Bitcoin Cash Wallet = Bitcoin.com.
Any Related Transaction IDs:993d9d20fd9ee622b85730f575fa62de82e86ea9956d5f24821f2e20c2e798b0


1. Download Electrum.
2. Create a new wallet by using the private key that holds the public address you just sent to.
3. Done.


Title: Re: Recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to Bitcoin Cash wallet -- PLEASE HELP
Post by: DarkStar_ on December 02, 2017, 03:21:00 AM
Since you have both private keys (or more specifically the one to the Bitcoin Cash wallet), you can easily recover your funds. Bitcoin Cash addresses are valid Bitcoin addresses and are accessible with the same key, so all you have to do is import the bcash private key into a Bitcoin wallet. It doesn't really matter which one you use as long as it's trustworthy and lets you import keys, but I recommend Electrum.


Title: Re: Recovering Bitcoin mistakenly sent to Bitcoin Cash wallet -- PLEASE HELP
Post by: AlwaysJanuary on December 05, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
Both of them run on the same technology.
You will be able to restore it.