Sent Altcoin To Testnet Address, Can I Recover My Coins?

[jerry0]

Hey all.  I have an altcoin called shift.  I left it on exchange.  I then downloaded wallet to have coins sent there.  I was told the wallet is very simple.  So i downloaded wallet, then wrote down my 12 word passphrase.  Then i logged out and logged in with my passphrase to make sure its correct so i can log in.  It does.  I then withdraw from exchange to the address.  The altcoin address is basically right there on the page.  So i copied and pasted it to exchange and withdrew.


I got confirmation.  Then i notice that its not in my wallet.  I could not figure this out as this was taking too long.  I then noticed that when i log out and try to log in again, there is options to select a network before you log in.


Options are testnet which is the default.  There is a drop down menu arrow all the way on the right side to switch it to mainnet or customnode.  The thing is i did not notice this and most ppl probably wouldn't be aware of it as well.  Even if i did, i wouldn't change anything because testnet is set as the default.


The transaction did confirm as there are over 200 confirmations.


But someone in another thread said because i sent it to a testnet address, im screwed.  Can someone tell me if this is true or false?  I recall exchange said don't send it to certain address or dapp etc.  But is testnet one of them?  The thing here is testnet is set as default.  Why in the world would this wallet do this then?  What I'm not 100 percent sure was when i created the wallet, im not sure if i clicked on new account or it just created it for me.  But when i logged out and then logged back in, there was no issue.  So i figure well the address is shown right on the page.


Can someone tell me what i can do?  I do have my 12 word passphrase.   Could i login to the mainnet network with my 12 word passphrase or would that not work?  If i could, could i retrieve my coins?


I checked online and in an old reddit thread someone mentioned if you sent btc to a testnet, you could still recover the coin as long as you have the seed etc but someone else say you cannot.


Can someone please answer these questions for me?  

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[makishart]

If there are confirmations and then your transaction is successful and i thought that whatever about that and there is a possibility for you to open it with your passphrase through the mainnet. But in that case of bitcoin being sent to the another blockchain or etc address and it can't be recovered. You can recover it as long as it's still on the same blockchain. you should be more specific about that.

[mmo4me.2016]

You cannot send real coins to Testnet Address (it's not the same Blockchain). You have sent to a real address, If the address does not exist, the money will return to your wallet.

[jerry0]

There are confirmations and transaction is successful.  


I have not tried logging into shift wallet while changing it from testnet to mainnet yet with my passphrase.   I want to know everything first before i try anything as i don't want to make the situation worst if i could get my coins back.


Well the shift was sent from exchange to my shift nano wallet.  But its a testnet address.  Again, the issue here is when you create an account or login, the default is set as testnet.  You can't even tell really there is option to change it as the arrow for dropdown menu is all the way on the far white and its a white color too.  I mean if its set on that, wouldn't that be the default?  I have the passphrase for it.

[jerry0]

The transaction did go through.  Its no longer in bittrex.  Shows it as completed.


I also have access to that address when i open up my shift wallet.  Again its when i login and its testnet.  But it shows 0 shift in my wallet...


So you are saying i did send it to a legit address?  Then why does it show 0 shift then?  Do i need to login with my passphrase and change it from testnet to mainnet?  Most importantly, does anyone know if i could still claim these coins as long as i have the 12 word phrase?