Mistakenly sent BCH to BTC bitfinex wallet - can I get my BCH back?

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I just made the huge mistake to sent BCH from Exodus to my BTC wallet in bitfinex. Can I by any chance get my BCH back?

BCC? BCH and BCC mostly means Bitcoin Cash. Do you mean Bitconnect "BCC"? — MCCCS, Nov 28 '17 at 13:08
Sorry.. That was stupid.. I have sent Bitcoin Cash from exodus to my Bitcoin wallet in Bitfinex.. @MCCCS — Karen Marie Steffensen, Nov 28 '17 at 13:18
Possible duplicate of Bitcoin Cash accidentally sent to Bitcoin address. Can I get them back? — Pieter Wuille, Nov 28 '17 at 19:26
@PieterWuille Probably. But I do not know how to find my private key in Bitfinex. And furthermore, if I find my private key in Bitfinex I will not know how to import it in Exodus? (Yes I am pretty new in this game) — Karen Marie Steffensen, Nov 28 '17 at 19:34

Anonymous · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-28 13:13:44Z

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They will be recoverable, but only by the exchange the money was sent to.

answered Nov 28 '17 at 13:13

Anonymous

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Can you be more specific? I am pretty new in this crypto-world, so all help would be much appreciated! @eponymous – Karen Marie Steffensen Nov 28 '17 at 13:23
Bitfinex will need to assist you to recover your mis-directed transaction. – Anonymous Nov 28 '17 at 13:26
bitfinex expects that you send btc to address xy, because xy is a wallet of bitfinex. so bitfinex has the privatekey of xy. but you sent some bch to xy on the bch-blockchain. the private key of xy is the same on the bch- and on the btc-blockchain. so bitfinex can (if bitfinex is accommodating) send your bch back to you. (or bitfinex could deposit this bch-value to your bitfinex-bch-wallet.) they can definitively, but they must not. this depends probably on the effort of a bitfinex-employee – anion Nov 28 '17 at 16:13
@KarenMarieSteffensen, please don't use crypto to mean cryptocurrencies. crypto == cryptography, not cryptocurrencies – Daniel Serodio Dec 1 '17 at 20:37

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Kees de Wit · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-28 15:27:36Z

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Its nearly impossible to recover. The BTC address you sent the BCH to is (very much possible) not even owned by anyone.

answered Nov 28 '17 at 15:27

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actually, you can use the private key from the BTC wallet to create a BCH wallet. Of course, this only works if you have the private key for the BTC wallet, which the OP clearly does have. – Max Vernon Nov 28 '17 at 17:15
@MaxVernon, it is my wallet but I do not know how to find my private key in Bitfinex? I have found it in Exodus, but that does not help me out does it? – Karen Marie Steffensen Nov 28 '17 at 19:23
No, you'd need the key for the bitfinex account. Contact bitfinex to see if they can help you. – Max Vernon Nov 28 '17 at 20:11

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