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I sent bitcoin cash by accident  to my Bitcoin wallet. Is the money lost?

The status on the sent payment is Sending to your wallet/processing.

I did send it to the wrong wallet but I do own the wallet, its just bitcoin instead of bitcoin cash.

Is the bitcoin cash lost forever or is there a way to recover them?

Thanks.

BTC/BCH use different chains but the same wallets/passwords. Use the private key for the address you sent BCH to to recover the wallet.

If you know the private key, import it into a new wallet, then you can access to your coins. If you don't know the private key or you have sent them to an exchange, most probably you have lost them.

When you say " private key" do you mean the "Hash" on the chain block?

I am signed into the wallet that I sent it to however it has not show that it has been received, on the other end is a currently exchange website which seem to be stuck on "sending" for the last 2 hours. Maybe it will not send to the bitcoin wallet since its bitcoin cash?

In that event, is the bit coin cash still on the exchange website or is there a recovery option?

Thanks.

The private key to your bitcoin wallet is the same private key to the bitcoin cash wallet you sent to, use that to recover the bitcoin cash wallet.  

The BCH WILL send because the wallet you sent it to is a BTC & BCH wallet.

You can download Breadwallet app and import the private key there.

Then go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Withdraw BCH - and it will let you send that BCH to an address of your choice.

Assuming you dont want to just leave it there on the address its currently tied to.

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The Bitcoin Cash was probably sent successfully. You just need to import the private key for the destination address into a Bitcoin Cash wallet in order to recover it. Copy the destination address into this block explorer to see the transaction: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash

What kind of Bitcoin wallet did you send to, Electrum? Bitcoin Core? Coinbase? If you tell us that, then someone that is familiar with that kind of wallet can tell you how to get the private key of the address you sent to.

so in that case you should be more careful, do not be careless. Because such a thing is very sensitive and if we make a slight transfer mistake, yes that consequently you will be harmed by yourself. People who like you are people who are not tidy in life or can be said to be careless.

That depends on the wallet where you send your BCC. What wallet did you use?
Be careful next time in copying address. :)

Fron what others said you have to get your private keys of the receiving bitcoin address so you can get your BCH balance on your bitcoin addresss. You have be careful with this situations and double check or even tripled check the receiving address before sending it because once you send you cant cancelled it.

I copied and pasted address for my online  Bitcoin  wallet to accept Bitcoin cash. It acted like it was frozen for like 3 hours and finally transferred however not into my  Bitcoin wallet.
Are the Bitcoin wallets and bitcoin cash wallets have the same address?
I see the transaction on https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash , what would be my next step?

It was from a website that exchanges currencies and I was exchanging bitcoin for bitcoin cash.
Who would have these private keys? The currency exchange website where the Bitcoins were originally imported then left as Bitcoin cash?
The wallet I used to pay the exchange website( a web based wallet)? Please give me a little bit more information on where I should be looking?

Thanks.

I did triple check and the address was correct but I got tripped up by Bitcoin vs Bitcoin cash. This is literally my first day doing this.

So you are saying the last bitcoin address can be translated into a key somehow? Does it matter that the wallet was an online wallet and not on my cell phone or desktop?

I purchase the bitcoins from website #1, transferred to website #2 wallet, then transferred to an website # 3( website to exchange bitcoin for bitcoin cash) then point the output to the bitcoin wallet on website # 2.

So the private keys are in that address or can be translated from that address? Do I need to contact the website administrator to get this or I just use that address to get it somehow?

Please help me out a little, this is all new to me.

Thanks.

You have to be careful beforehand. It's a bitcoin big step. If there is a mistake, then it will be very difficult to take the life forward. Because if everything goes wrong then improvement in life will be difficult. Send it before sending it so that it will not be wrong. If it is wrong then there is no way to get it back.

BTC and BCH used same private key and address! So you may be import private key of your BTC ( you sent in mistake) to BCH wallet! But you need sent all BTC To other wallet for security!

I usually save money by blockchain, this is one of kind bitcoin wallet I know, if you save money more carefully, avoid to lost btc, you can archive btc by cold wallet ( offline )

Its the same procedure how you claimed Bitcoin Cash from the fork If you had done that. Export your private keys and you will find them in the wallet. I suggest not to keep any BTC on that wallet if you are trying that.

you don't have to worry, just use private key of your BTC wallet and spend your coins. because both addresses are adhere to same chain.

Yes. BTC and BCH addresses and private keys are interchangeable.

Step 1. Determine the address that you sent the BCH to.
Step 2. Retrieve the private key for that address from the wallet that controls it.
Step 3. Import the private key into a BCH wallet.

Done.

I usually save money by uses, I purchase the bitcoins from website #1, transferred to website #2 wallet, then transferred to an website # 3( website to exchange bitcoin for bitcoin cash) then point the output to the bitcoin wallet on website # 2.

What site did you use?
I can help you step-by-step, but you will need the private key of the receiving address. If you used a new blockchain wallet you need to import your seed to calculate your priv key.

If you need help but you don't want to write here,, feel free to pm

Hello, All,

I purchased (2) Bitcoin Cash on Bitstamp and then accidentally sent the BCH to a Bitcoin Address on my Nano S Ledger Hardware Wallet. Here are the details.


               2017-12-05 19:40: Opened BCH withdrawal request for 2 BCH to 3D28b9abUWmt1T8a825p4P3wXv9KC92c3V.

               Transaction ID (TXID): 168e12373e003ddb375a12af9a393cbd29c988bbadcd6d1081faa026e4ea51a3


Unfortunately, the Bitcoin Cash seems to be lost, and never showed up in my hardware wallet. I tried contacting Bitstamp for support, and no one has assisted me. Is there a way to retrieve my lost BCH?

I apologize in advance if I am posting to the wrong section of this website. If I did, can you please advise me to the proper section I should post this question?

Bitstamp can't help you. Check the Ledger site.

It's all ok, you still have your bcash in your ledger.
If you can retrieve the private keys of the address you sent bcash to just import them in abc (desktop) or coinomi (android) bcash wallet.