<p>Despite your bitcoin wallet balance being 0, your cash balance on the same address should be non-zero. Check that with a cash blockchain explorer and then import your private keys into a cash wallet to access the coins.</p>

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2017-11-12T22:21:04.727Z
2017-11-12T22:21:04.727Z
meshcollider
<p><a href="https://blockchair.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchair.com/</a> should be able to show you both your BTC and BCH balances for the same address.</p>

<p>If your address still has the BCH, make sure when claiming that you don't send it to a BTC address by mistake!</p>

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2017-11-12T23:57:50.627Z
2017-11-12T23:57:50.627Z
Adam Millerchip
<p>I had BTC before the BCH fork, but I forgot to claim the BCH and just spent all of the BTC on buying more BCH. Can I still claim the pre-fork BCH even though my wallet balance is now 0? It was stored in Electrum. Any advice is appreciated.</p>

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2017-11-12T23:31:26.080Z
The BCH blockchain completely ignores anything that happened on the BTC chain after the fork.  That's what a fork means (given that there is replay protection).  So all that matters is what you had at the time of the fork, and what if anything you did on the BCH chain since then.  The fact that you spent the BTC is totally irrelevant.
Nate Eldredge
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Can I still claim the pre-fork BCH even though my current wallet balance is 0?
ggutenberg
# Can I still claim the pre-fork BCH even though my current wallet balance is 0?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-12)

I had BTC before the BCH fork, but I forgot to claim the BCH and just spent all of the BTC on buying more BCH. Can I still claim the pre-fork BCH even though my wallet balance is now 0? It was stored in Electrum. Any advice is appreciated.

**Tags:** blockchain-fork, bitcoin-cash

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The BCH blockchain completely ignores anything that happened on the BTC chain after the fork.  That's what a fork means (given that there is replay protection).  So all that matters is what you had at the time of the fork, and what if anything you did on the BCH chain since then.  The fact that you spent the BTC is totally irrelevant.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Despite your bitcoin wallet balance being 0, your cash balance on the same address should be non-zero. Check that with a cash blockchain explorer and then import your private keys into a cash wallet to access the coins.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-11-12. Score: 0

<https://blockchair.com/> should be able to show you both your BTC and BCH balances for the same address.

If your address still has the BCH, make sure when claiming that you don't send it to a BTC address by mistake!


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