hello, Thank you for this video its indeed very helpful. In 2017 after the BTC fork to BCH, i mistaken sent 0.43 btc to a Bittrex BCH exchange. They didnt help me to recover the fund because it wasnt worth up to 5000 USD at a time. your video talked about opposite of what I did... BTC to BCH. and I do not have the private key to the BCH wallet since its exchange wallet. If am able to get my BCH private key from bittrex, will this process work in reverse? Please i will appreciate any advise. The fund is still sitting there from 2017
Hi, I wrongly sent BCH to a BTC Adress. I got the PK, but I tried to sweep it and I wasn't able to to it. It is a BTC address that begins with 1. Does it make any difference?
Hi English - since it starts with a 1 you should be able to recover the coins - so take your time, don't panic :) If you're stuck and need help, feel free to email me using this contact form. I can give you more specific guidance if you give me some details (just don't send any keys or seeds over email, please): chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/
It's possible, I believe Edge is a non-custodial wallet. Looks like they use a slightly different key solution than traditional seed phrases, so you'd have to figure out how to export the private keys. It also depends if you sent to a legacy 1 Bitcoin address or a 3 (segwit) address. If it's segwit, recovery is not possible at this time due to incompatibility with Bitcoin Cash.
Nothing you can do yourself. Voyager is custodial; they do not give you a private key to work with. You'll have to contact their support but frankly, most exchanges do not have the resources to fix these mistakes.
Unfortunately you are out of luck. CashApp is custodial and no one at CashApp has direct access to private keys. It also uses BTC segwit addresses which would further complicate recovery even if it was your own wallet. Those coins are effectively unrecoverable. In the future, I recommend always double-triple checking addresses for correctness. Cryptocurrency transactions are irreversible.
I'm new to this. My bitcoins disappeared. I have no idea where it went. There is nothing in the sent or transferred sections. It's just gone. can you help me?
Hi Raymond, I may be able to help you figure out what happened. If you use the contact form at chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting I'll email back as soon as I can.
I'm not very familiar with Omni layer Tethers. You can probably follow these general steps here to import the BTC address's private key into a wallet that supports USDT.
Thank you very much! Was able to recover my BCH finally. May not be how you did exactly on the video but you pointed me in the right direction! Liked and subscribed, it is the least I can do :)
That is AWESOME so glad this helped! There are definitely lots of different ways to approach recovery in this scenario, these tools are just an example of ones you can use.
@@chaintuts good day I can’t find the address I used for the transaction from the Derived Addresses and I don’t understand what account and external/ internal or where to find it I don’t just know what to put there
There is no way to recover the coins in this case - the money is lost. Binance is a custodial exchange - they don't give users access to the private keys and they generally don't help people recover coins sent to the wrong address. This is for security reasons, as no individual support agent would have access to the keys needed. I am sorry I cannot help you recover your lost coins, but I hope you have a good day otherwise and learn from this experience.
Dear Josh. I have been swapping BCH to BTC on my blockchain for sometimes now, and most time I won't get the value I'm supposed to. So I will just ignore. Now I believe these has been the reason. I have about $100 on my blockchain I can't use. Whenever I try to transfer it will return insufficient funds. What can I do pls?
2 problems: First, videforex is custodial so you don't have the private keys needed to recovery coins. Second, videforex appears to be a complete scam. It looks like a lot of scam websites that claim massive returns for "investing" your Bitcoin, which really means sending it to a scammer's wallet. Stop sending anything to them; and those coins are gone.
@@chaintuts I am talking to there support they are saying they can see the transaction but I transferred from BCH to Bitcoin . I transferred before also from Bitcoin to Bitcoin it went smooth but this time I by mistakenly select BCH so there is no way to recover that right? Or should I contact BCH support. On blockchain also I can see my transaction.
There is no such thing as "BCH support" Bitcoin Cash is a decentralized cryptocurrency network that does not have a support department. In this case, only videforex can help since they have the coins. However I *seriously* urge you to stop sending them money, as that website appears to be a complete scam. See my video on investment scams: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0yOlYAoRwUg.html
You cant unfortunately, because Coinbase controls the private keys for that address and generally wont recover BCH funds. Sorry this happened to you but those coins are lost.
No, there is no way to recover those coins - Coinbase's security policies make recovery impossible, and they also use segwit addresses which aren't compatible with BCH. Be sure to double and triple check addresses in the future, as cryptocurrency transactions are irreversible.
Yea, unfortunately you are out of luck. Coinbase uses segwit addresses, and their security policies wouldn't allow manual recovery even if they used legacy. Sorry for your loss.
What wallet did the ETH address belong to? If it's an exchange wallet like Coinbase, Binance, Bitstamp, etc. there's nothing I can do to help - you'll have to contact the exchange. If you have a seed phrase (private key) for the ETH address, then I may be able to help you recover the Tether. If you do have a seed for the *receiving* ETH address, you can contact me using this form: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting I generally charge 10% of the recovered funds if I am am able to help, but it is not possible in all cases. If it's a small amount, I can still try for a small tip.
Probably not since a 3 address is for segwit transactions,which dont work on BCH. It could be possible for 3 multisig addresses, but thats probably not the case if you got the address from somthing like your own hardware wallet.
Josh, your video is so helpful.. my question is when you are trying to find your transaction number when you are in the mnemonic code generator and you can’t find your number? You said “play around with the number,” what does this mean? I have a trezor so I found they use BIP44... I am looking for a BCH “q” number... do I just keep asking for more numbers until I find it? (1,000 of numbers?) or can I do a search somehow? Thank you
Hi Rebecca - a few things to try her: 1) Yes, you can request more addresses from the table - although unless you've done a lot of transactions that usually is not the answer 2) You may have to change the currency - if you sent to a BTC address make sure you have BTC selected, as the derivation paths for BTC/BCH are different - resulting in different addresses 3) If you are seeing a bunch of addresses starting in 1 instead of q, you can convert the address using a cashaddr tool like the one at cashaddr.org or another site that does conversions
I got through all the steps and electron cash app showed no transactions history even though I identified my private key that came from a “3” number. I emailed you on your site
Hi Rebecca - Bitcoin Cash does not support most 3 address (BTC segwit addresses). BTC segwit address recoveries can only be done with the help of a miner. Always double, triple check addresses in the future as some mistakes are not reversible.
Firstly thank you for the tutorial. 👍 Secondly, I have followed your tutorial and wanted to ask what would be a cause for the electron cash wallet show a balance as 0 BCH after importing the private keys?
I would double check and make sure you have the right keys. Usually that means you're importing the wrong private key or seed phrase for the wallet. For example, you've accidentally imported a key from the sending wallet, not the receiving wallet. For example if you sent from Exodus to Ledger, you have to have the Ledger seed/keys for this to work. A lot of people mistakenly grab the Exodus seed but it won't help at all in that case.
@@chaintuts Thank you for taking time to respond. For context: I sent BCH from an exchange to my ledgers BTC account roughly 1 year ago and only noticed the mistake a few days ago. Actions: opened BIP39, input the ledger 24 word seed phrase, changed from BIP44 to BIP89 as per the ledgers BTC address, located the corresponding transaction and BTC wallet address, copied the private keys from BIP39 into the Electroncash app exactly as shown in your video. Once complete the electroncash account shows a zero balance against that private key. Have I missed something?
Hrm, I'm really not sure about that one. One next step you might try is to import that key into a different wallet that takes private keys such as Coinomi. What's the address start with? 1, 3, or bc1?
Unfortunately in that case, you probably can't recover. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) doesn't have compatibility with native segwit addresses (bc1) or segwit addresses (3). 3 addresses are still considered "valid" by the BCH network because they are used for multisignature addresses, which are different "under the hood" than segwit. I'm not sure why sending to a bc1 address even worked on the BCH network. But either way, sadly, there's not currently a way to recover coins sent to segwit addresses on BCH.
Is it possible to complete this if you sent the BCH to a BTC adress on coinbase? I've no access to private key, and coinbase not being overly helpful. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately in that case, you're out of luck and that money is gone permanently. 2 reasons - first, no one at CB individually has access to the private keys. It would be a security nightmare if any person could get the keys to work a manual recovery. Second, Coinbase uses BTC segwit addresses. While they are valid addresses on BCH, the network doesn't support segwit and there's a whole other set of complications with segwit recovery (requiring the help of a miner). Sorry this happened, but you'll have to take the loss :(
You would want to plug your seed phrase into the BIP39 tool I've shown here, which will generate the private key/address pairs from that seed. You can then search for the address of the account you're having issues with.
It's possible this process would work, but I'm not sure. You would want to use the tool to generate Ethereum keypairs from the seed instead of Bitcoin and see if you can find the matching private key/address
Hi Chaintuts, Thanks a lot for the instructions. I did follow all steps and my BCH is on Electron Cash, but it won't show me the balance resp. it says there is 0 balance. But it hasn't been spend :(. I really don't know what to do. I researched but could not find out where the problem might be.
Does the address in question start with a 1? These steps only work with 1 (legacy) addresses. 3 addresses are BTC segwit and can only be recovery with the help of a miner like BTC.com. It is expensive and time consuming.
@@chaintuts Thanks for the fast response. The corresponding adress starts with a 3, so I guess it‘s lost. I guess it‘s a lesson for me hahah many thanks for the help!
If you have the *seed phrase* for the blockchain.com wallet, then these steps should work for you. Make sure you never give that phrase to anyone else, just download the BIP39 tool and use it *offline*. There is one problem though - if the address you accidentally sent to starts with a 3, you'd have to contact a miner like BTC.com for help. It is much more complicated. These steps will work if you accidentally sent to a legacy (starts with 1) address.
You may have to try a few different derivation paths. Try looking under the BIP32 tab instead of the default BIP44 - I think blockchain.info/.com may have changed derivation paths at some point but I'm not 100% sure on that. I have another client who has had issues recovering from their blockchain.com seed.
If possible can you please message me I transfer from Bitbuy BCH to Bitcoin wallet vidforex and I have blockchain hash I’d but I don’t know what to do?
2 problems: First, videforex is custodial so you don't have the private keys needed to recovery coins. Second, videforex appears to be a complete scam. It looks like a lot of scam websites that claim massive returns for "investing" your Bitcoin, which really means sending it to a scammer's wallet. Stop sending anything to them; and those coins are gone.
You might have the wrong seed phrase - you must have the seed phrase for the wallet you sent the coins *to* not *from*. For example if you sent from your Bitcoin.com wallet to Ledger Nano, you must have the the seed phrase for the *Ledger Nano*. You may also have to try different derivation paths or accounts in the tool.
Great question, Tony. I didn't cover it in the video, but no it is NOT possible to recover using this method if you sent to a BTC segwit address. BCH doesn't support segwit, so it doesn't work. The BCH developers did add something to the protocol that allows miners to recover funds sent to segwit addresses (I don't know exactly how this works yet), but individual user's can't recover funds using what I've laid out here. Hope that helps.
@ Worth noting that this is no longer the case. The BCH protocol developers updated so that miners can no longer collect coins locked in segwit addresses. That money is lost for good now.
Is this an address in a wallet you control? I can't help if it's an exchange. If it's your wallet you have a seed phrase for I may be able to help. You can reach me using the contact form at chaintuts.com with some further details, like what address you sent to.
Do you have a seed phrase for the Luno wallet? If so it's possible. You can email me using the contact form at chaintuts.com. If Luno doesnt give you that info you will have to contact their support for help.
The wallet would have given you one when you first created it. It's possible luno is a custodial wallet with no seed phrase, meaning recovery is likely not possible.
@@tegakolosi6607 Luno is custodial. I can't help you because we don't have access to your private keys, so you'll have to contact Luno for help. Sorry :/
Hello, I recently just sent money from my bitcoin cash (BCH) to my bitcoin account (BTC) but my BTC account is with cash app I email them for help and they said the money is lost.. is there any way that money can be recovered?
Sorry to say Daniel, but your money is lost. CashApp has the private keys and won't help, so there's nothing you can do. Sorry this happened to you. I recommend always double/triple checking addresses before sending, as crypto transactions are irreversible by design.
@@chaintuts I did the reverse, (from bitstamp) I sent btc on bch address, the support didnt told me I'va lost them, but the process to recover need a lot of time. 11 months are already passed, do you have some experience with this? Can I be recover? Thanks
What wallet did you send the coins to? The only way it's possible to recover the lost BTC is if you have the seed phrase or private key for the *receiving* wallet. It doesn't matter that you sent from Bitstamp. If you sent to an exchange wallet, nothing I can do. If you have the seed/key for that wallet you can contact me here: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting. Don't email me any private info, but we can set up some time to guide you through the recovery process.
@@chaintuts one of my friend sent btc on my bitstamp address, but I gived the bch address. I don't have any seed, but key, my problem is in the support hands from 11 months and they said I need to wait. Do I have chance? How long more I need to wait sir?
You should contact Bitstamp again. They are the only ones that can help. In the future, always double-triple check addresses. Sorry this happened but I can't help you, only Bitstamp can.
Hi so i sent some btc to bcd by mistake. I sent it from uphold to my bcd on atomic wallet is there a way to fix this ? Instead of pasting my btc address i pasted bcd address from my wallet
It may be possible in this case, since Atomic wallet gives you a seed phrase! What you'd need to do is find the individual private key for the BCD address using a tool like Ian Coleman's BIP39 tool (shown in this video) and then importing that key into another Bitcoin wallet like Electrum. Basically, following the same steps in this video. You may have to play around with the derivation paths a bit and/or select "Bitcoin Diamond" in the tool. If you get stuck, you can use my contact form and I can work on the recovery for you for a fee: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/
Please I really need your help sir I sent USTD coins to BTC still now I can’t see my coins I thought it was the same. Please can you help me look into it?
What wallet did the BTC address belong to? If it's a wallet that gives you a seed phrase or private key, you can try to import the private key into a wallet that supports USDT on BTC. If it's an exchange or other custodial wallet, you are out of luck unfortunately. If you have the seed phrase *for the address/wallet you sent to*, you can use my contact form and I may be able to guide you through a recovery: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/
What wallet did you import the key into? If you had the correct private key, you should be able to send. Are you sure you didn't accidentally import the *address* instead of the *private key*?
Omg thank you so much I feel accomplished doing this on my own it was a little confusing at first and recovered my funds, but is it normal for the amount I recovered to be less than my initial amount I accidentally sent ? For example , I sent 50$ in Bitcoin but received back 38$ is it because bitcoins price went down?
Hi Gabbz, I'm really glad to hear this was helpful! To answer your question, yes that is normal. If you look at the actual amount sent in bitcoin (the unit) it should be about the same. The exchange rate from USD to Bitcoin fluctuates a lot. Another reason it could be less is also due to transaction fees. When you send a Bitcoin transaction, you pay a fee to the network for processing. On Bitcoin BTC, the fees can be quite high at times due to network congestion.
You can use the contact form at chaintuts.com to email me. What wallet did you send to? Recovery is only possible if you sent to a wallet where you have the seed phrase. If tou sent to the wrong address at an exchange or something only they can help.
hi , and thank you so much for the video .. actually thats exactly what happened to me and thank god i just saw this video , but i believe im in trouble and please i need your help .. i don't know which wallet i downlead that was 2 years ago .all what i have is the address that i sent it to . is there anyway ??? please advise . thank you
Hi Omar, if all you have is the address there is nothing anyone can do to help. You would need to have saved the *seed phrase* from that wallet. It's impossible to brute-force guess what the key for that address would be. Be wary of scammers claiming they can "hack" for you, they will just try to steal your money. If all you have is the address, it is not technically possible to recover your funds.
Hi LK, yes this should work in reverse, especially since BTC supports legacy 1 addresses that BCH uses. In order to recover, you must have the private key/seed for the *receiving* wallet, not the sender. So if you sent from Coinbase Wallet to Exodus (etc.) that has a seed, you can try these steps. If you sent to an exchange wallet, unfortunately you're out of luck. I do some consulting for possible cases for a fee. You can use my contact form here if you'd like to discuss: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/index.html
hey dude. will this work if i sent from btcoin app to cash app? i also sent some bt cash to a friend and she cant recover those funds. it does not show up on her account at all. the funds are still in that address.
If you have the seed phrase for the blockchain.com wallet, then it may be possible. ONLY if the Bitcoin address you sent to starts with a 1 (3 addresses will not work).
What do you mean an invalid address? If the address wasn't a valid BTC address, the transaction wouldn't be broadcast. It must have been valid, but the *wrong* address. In that case, the question is - do you have the seed phrase for the wallet you got the address from (the address you sent the coins to)? If you do, I *may* be able to help. If it's some wallet that doesn't give you a key, there's nothing myself or anyone else can do - the money is gone. If you think you have the seed for the address you sent the coins to, you can reach me via this contact form. I need as many details as possible - the address you sent to, the name of the wallet, and if you have the seed phrase for the wallet (do not send the seed though). Please be detailed, I don't have time for recovery cases that require a significant amount of back-and-forth questions and answers to be honest. chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/
Hi Cedric, if you have a question you can use my contact form here: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/index.html. If it's recovery related you'll need to have the private key for the address you sent to, and the BTC address must start with a 1. If you don't have the key or it's a 3 (segwit) address, I cannot help you.
Unfortunately, no. There's no way to brute-force recover your keys if you've lost the 12-24 word passphrase. If you have the wallet file and just forgot the password, there are cases where the password is recoverable but it's very, very difficult and time consuming to do.
In that case you mayyyyy be able to brute-force the PIN, but it's difficult and time consuming to do so. I'd try looking through any old computers/resources you have and rack your brain to try and guess the PIN before going that route. If you ask someone else to do it, choose very, very carefully.
hi.i had kinda same problem.about two days ago i gave ma bch wallet to ma customer for sending btc to me.my bad,he did that and now transaction completed it seemd,but my bch wallet shows nothing as we expected,so problem is the same but in opposite way.can you help me with that please?
I may be able to. You can contact me using the form at chaintuts.com. Ill need the BCH address your friend mistakebly sent to, and I need to know if you have a seed phrase for that wallet. Dont send the seed phrase over email though.
@@chaintutsplease dunno if you could help me too out here I did a mistake sending from block chain wallet to Bybit so I sent bitcoin to BCH wallet on Bybit is recoverable
Hey @Wolf_bolYT, it looks like that's not going to be recoverable unfortunately. Bybit is a custodial/exchange wallet. Unless they are willing to help you manually (which almost never happens), there's no way for you to recover those coins. I'm also seeing most crypto exchanges using Segwit addresses these days for BTC, which would be unrecoverable even if you had the keys. Sorry for your loss :/
Yep, I'm interested in learning as much as I can about Bitcoin/cryptocurrency security. Sometimes I can recover misplaced coins for clients which is pretty cool :)
@@chaintuts thanks for your videos, i tried contacting you after filing out the form on your page. There’s been no response. I need your help to recover my lost coin it wasn’t sent to a scammer or anything of that sort, i just can’t find the transaction on my list and the fund isn’t reflecting either. I need your help with this please, I’m not tech savvy and find most of the converse complicating. Thanks for all you are doing
Hi Bigklio, are you the person that contacted me yesterday or day before? I got a response that contained no data for some reason. Can you please try using the contact form again and make sure you fill out your email, your name, and a summary of the problem you are having?
Probably not. In most cases it isn't possible. The only potential recovery scenario is if you sent the coins to the wrong address in your own wallet you have a seed phrase/private key for. If it's BCH to BTC, it has to be a 1 address NOT a 3 address. If you lost coins to a scammer or sent to an exchange, the money is permanently lost.
Correct, there is no way to recover coins sent to a scammer. The only slightly-possible thing is getting the police involved. But there's no technical means of reversing crypto transactions, so sending coins to a scammer means the money is gone forever.
Hey bro I sent my crypto from Coin bass to another wallet but I did not receive it and I made sure that The wallet address was correct do you think if I contact support they will be able to help me
Coinbase will give you a transaction ID that you can check on a block explorer. Make sure the transaction was actually confirmed on the network first and go from there. Next step would be to contact the receiving wallet's support (make sure you use their official channels, and never give seed phrase or 2fa codes to someone claiming to be support as scammers will steal coins this way).
You will have to do it manually, because they do not have your seed phrase and you should not give that to anyone claiming to be support. You should be able to follow these steps, or you can use my contact form and I will work with you if it's worth the minimum charge ($100). chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting/index.html
Hello, I think you'll be able to help , finally please I'm begging you... I mistakenly send my bch from my nano s to a legacy wallet of Litecoin inside the nano s ... I can't see the fun on blockchane and I don't know what to do please help me. Thanks
Hi Benny. I don't think you can send BCH to a Litecoin address, was it actually a Bitcoin (BTC) address? You can contact me using the contact form here, and if I get some details I may be able to help: chaintuts.com/private-tutoring-consulting
Hello please help me, I sent BCH from BCH Binance wallet to BTC Crypoto.com Exchange wallet and I signed up for support they told me we couldn't get the BCH. 😢😢😢
Did he send to a BCH address that belongs to YOUR wallet (that you have a seed phrase for?) In that case, I may be able to help. You can use the contact form at chaintuts.com and I'll get back to you.
@@isntit8107 You have to contact their support for help. They hold the private key for that address that "unlocks" the funds. If you don't directly hold the private key, then you can't recover without the exchange's help.
I don't believe there currently is. There used to be a sort of workaround working with a miner but I believe that is no longer true. In all likelihood, that BCH is lost unfortunately.
There appears to be some information in this Reddit thread, but I haven't vetted this. Just be very careful as recovery scams that steal coins are extremely common in the crypto space. old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/1bh3fsq/assistance_with_segwit_recovery_of_bch/
