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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?

Highly Irregular
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Karen Marie Steffensen
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  • 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?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57713/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

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

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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. – Claris 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 01 '17 at 20:37
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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.

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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. – Hannah 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. – Hannah Vernon Nov 28 '17 at 20:11