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Other => MultiBit => Topic started by: daviddaviddavid on December 20, 2017, 10:48:40 PM



Title: have I lost my Bitcoin Cash via Multibit and Coinbase?
Post by: daviddaviddavid on December 20, 2017, 10:48:40 PM
Transferred my Bitcoin from Multibit 0.5.18 to Coinbase after Bitcoin Cash fork.

Thought I was going to get my Bitcoin Cash from Coinbase but now Bitcoin Cash is live on Coinbase, I've realised I was too late in moving it there.

What do I do know? I still have access to my Multibit wallet but it's empty. If I export my private key from there and import it into a Bitcoin Cash-compatible wallet, will my Bitcoin Cash appear there even though I'm importing an empty wallet?


Title: Re: have I lost my Bitcoin Cash via Multibit and Coinbase?
Post by: HCP on December 21, 2017, 03:29:13 AM
Yes... If you moved AFTER the fork, the BCH will still be on MultiBit keys. Export them and import into a BCH wallet like ElectronCash.

For the record, you're not importing an "empty wallet". The private keys may not have BTC, but on BCH blockchain they have BCH ;)


Title: Re: have I lost my Bitcoin Cash via Multibit and Coinbase?
Post by: daviddaviddavid on December 21, 2017, 10:15:06 AM
Thanks very much. Windows Defender won't let me install ElectronCash so I'm going to try Jaxx.