<p>Your method is correct: you'll need to use the mnemonic seed phrase that generates the bch wallet, to generate a btc wallet. If you do that, you should see your btc balance.</p>

<p>To see if your btc are at the address you sent them to, just use a block explorer website such as blockchain.info. When you use the mnemonic to generate a btc wallet, it should show you the sae addresses as the bch wallet (as long as the software uses the same derivation scheme. Most software does). </p>

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This did the trick, thank you. For anyone else with the same problem, this is the procedure in case you have a bitcoin.com wallet : https://walletsupport.bitcoin.com/article/110/i-accidentally-sent-btc-to-my-bch-wallet
maruko
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<p>I have seen this question pop over a few times but I did not find an answer I could understand. This is the scenario:</p>

<ol>
<li>I created a BCH wallet, mistakenly thinking it was a BTC one. </li>
<li>I bought BTC and sent to the BCH address</li>
<li>Realizing the mistake, I created a BTC wallet using the BCH passphrase.</li>
</ol>

<p>Is what I did correct? Am I likely to see my bitcoins? Should I do anything else? How can I check where the purchased coins are?</p>

<bitcoin-core><buy-bitcoins><bitcoin-cash>
Sent BTC to BCH wallet
maruko
# Sent BTC to BCH wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-12)

I have seen this question pop over a few times but I did not find an answer I could understand. This is the scenario:

1. I created a BCH wallet, mistakenly thinking it was a BTC one.
2. I bought BTC and sent to the BCH address
3. Realizing the mistake, I created a BTC wallet using the BCH passphrase.

Is what I did correct? Am I likely to see my bitcoins? Should I do anything else? How can I check where the purchased coins are?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, buy-bitcoins, bitcoin-cash


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-12. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Your method is correct: you'll need to use the mnemonic seed phrase that generates the bch wallet, to generate a btc wallet. If you do that, you should see your btc balance.

To see if your btc are at the address you sent them to, just use a block explorer website such as blockchain.info. When you use the mnemonic to generate a btc wallet, it should show you the sae addresses as the bch wallet (as long as the software uses the same derivation scheme. Most software does).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This did the trick, thank you. For anyone else with the same problem, this is the procedure in case you have a bitcoin.com wallet : https://walletsupport.bitcoin.com/article/110/i-accidentally-sent-btc-to-my-bch-wallet  

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