<p>Your thinking is correct in general. As a practical matter, you will need to preserve a way to access "your" BCH, i.e., the private keys of the addresses at which the to-be-sold bitcoins were sent to you. In most cases simply preserving the wallet that contained them will do; for a long time-horizon, though, I'd prefer to have a record of the actual private keys. Note that the private keys, if stolen, cannot be used to steal previously-sold bitcoins, but could be used to steal the BCH (or BTG or other forked alternate coins). Store them securely.</p>

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2017-12-09T14:05:16.700Z
2017-12-09T14:05:16.700Z
brec
<p>I you had bitcoins at the moment of the fork, you own an equal ammount of bcash. As they implanted a strong replay protection,it does not matter if you sell your bitcoins afterwards. The only thing that matters is to hold your privkeys. </p>

<p>The only thing you have to do to claim your coins is to install a Bcash wallet and import your privkeys there.</p>

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2017-12-09T14:03:20.640Z
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Ander Aristondo
<p>I held a small amount of BTC back in August (had them since 2014) but now wish to sell them. Do I need to claim my BCH <strong>before</strong> selling my BTC or am I correct in thinking that the two completely independent and selling one will have zero affect on the my ability to either claim or sell the other? </p>

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Can I sell my BTC and still claim my BCH?
Chris Gilbert
# Can I sell my BTC and still claim my BCH?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-09)

I held a small amount of BTC back in August (had them since 2014) but now wish to sell them. Do I need to claim my BCH **before** selling my BTC or am I correct in thinking that the two completely independent and selling one will have zero affect on the my ability to either claim or sell the other?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-09. Score: 1

Your thinking is correct in general. As a practical matter, you will need to preserve a way to access "your" BCH, i.e., the private keys of the addresses at which the to-be-sold bitcoins were sent to you. In most cases simply preserving the wallet that contained them will do; for a long time-horizon, though, I'd prefer to have a record of the actual private keys. Note that the private keys, if stolen, cannot be used to steal previously-sold bitcoins, but could be used to steal the BCH (or BTG or other forked alternate coins). Store them securely.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-09. Score: 1

I you had bitcoins at the moment of the fork, you own an equal ammount of bcash. As they implanted a strong replay protection,it does not matter if you sell your bitcoins afterwards. The only thing that matters is to hold your privkeys.

The only thing you have to do to claim your coins is to install a Bcash wallet and import your privkeys there.


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