I am very glad your BTC was returned to you. I have seen people transfer one coin to an address of another coin and never get their coins back (I don't know where they go...). You should share the method which you used to retrieve your BTC back from the unconfirmed transaction so others who have this problem can solve it as well.

Good luck and stay safe!

Because the Bitcoin Cash developers did not change the address format when they forked the chain there is no way to prevent mistakes like this.


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As above, you need the private key to the BTC address you sent the coins to. Without that nobody can help you.

You have lost your Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Cash is a fork of Bitcoin. Since the fork, they are separate cryptocurrencies and have separate blockchains so it is not possible to send from one to the other. What you actually did was send Bitcoin to a Bitcoin address that you don't know if anyone has the private key to.

Read alot and I know it might sound a cliché but research all you can about the Project before you consider to invest. Lets say bitcoin and ethereum go to subforums here in bitcointalk, go to reddit subforums, read ann threads and be very septycal about advices about investments because many people on this forum are just promoting the coins/projects they are invested in.

After deciding to invest in a project I would not recommend to get in if it has just hit a new high because most of the times it comes a downfall afterwards, you should buy the dips and sell high and not the other way around. I know this is obvious but many people commit this mistake because they get caught in the FOMO and make impulse buys and when they realize they holding someone else bags.

There is alot more to it though but this is a good start.