Yes, what I mean is: if I withdraw that bitcoin from the exchange into a wallet - couldn't I still try to deposit that bitcoin into a BCC account and it would credit me if the BCC for that bitcoin was not already claimed?  Or is that not how it works, and the bitcoin address had to hold the bitcoin prior to Aug 1, even if that particular bitcoin that I own was mined before Aug 1?

I know how people before Aug 1 were supposed to collect Bitcoin Cash, but if I bought a bitcoin after that date, and had it sitting in an exchange - it might not be too late to collect Bitcoin Cash, correct?  It would only be invalid, if someone already claimed the bitcoin cash at that address?

thanks.

anyone can help explain?  thanks.

I was able to find this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6iphd6/recovery_seed_12_words_vs_24_words/

And I think it sort of explains it, and I get that if you enter the words into a algorithm it will spit out the right key - but in the case of Ledger, Ledger can store 10+ different cryptocurrencies - how can the addresses of all those currencies be determined by just 24 words?  The math escapes me.

Thanks!

So a Jaxx wallet (for example) can have multiple wallets for different currencies (eg. BTC, ETH, BCC).  However the backup phrase is 12 words (for Ledger hardware wallet, it's 24 words).  Is all the information on all those wallets contained in those 12 words, or are those 12 words merely a password to retrieve that information from some server?

Thanks for your patience!

(I did google this before I came here, but all I could find is that BIP39 is 24 words from a 2048 word dictionary - but that doesn't explain to me where the information on the wallet is actually stored - inside the seed, or on a server, because it doesn't make sense to me that all the information of public and private keys associated with just a single address can somehow be stored in a 24 or 12 word phrase)