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Title: Recover Bitcoin Cash
Post by: juanlonginus on June 11, 2018, 08:58:31 PM
Helio friends,

In first place, nice to stay here with you.

I am beginner in the Crypto World, and I have a problem with Electrum Wallet. I sent Bitcoin Cash from Coinbase to Electrum and they did not arrive to the wallet. I think that the problem is wallet because only works with Bitcoin not Bitcoin Cash.

How do I recover the coins? Or what do I?

Thanks.
Regards.


Title: Re: Recover Bitcoin Cash
Post by: mk4 on June 12, 2018, 03:32:31 AM
Download a bitcoin cash wallet[1] then import your electrum private keys on to the bitcoin cash wallet. You should then be able to access your BCH.


[1] https://www.bitcoincash.org/#wallets


Title: Re: Recover Bitcoin Cash
Post by: boulderchain on June 12, 2018, 04:29:51 AM
Just to clear thing up. Yes, you can't send BCH to a standard electrum wallet. You will need a dedicated wallet for Bitcoin Cash (maybe there is a electrum version available).

As the previous poster already mentioned. Just download a different wallet and import your private key there. Be careful when doing this, because the private key is all you (or an attacker) needs to access your funds.


Title: Re: Recover Bitcoin Cash
Post by: jseverson on June 12, 2018, 08:06:20 AM
To add, there is a modified Electrum client for Bitcoin Cash, so you don't have to adjust to the interface anymore:

https://electroncash.org/

You're lucky you own the address you sent to, because I doubt you'll be able to recover it otherwise. Be careful next time! I'm also assuming you sent it to a non-Segwit address, because you may not be able to recover it otherwise but I could be wrong.


Title: Re: Recover Bitcoin Cash
Post by: juanlonginus on June 12, 2018, 01:36:45 PM
Thank so much!! ;D