<p>To recover Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from a Bitpay/Copay BTC wallet, please follow the steps below:
1. Within the Bitpay/Copay app, navigate to <code>Settings</code>
2. Select the desired Bitcoin wallet then tap on <code>More Options</code>
3. Tap on the <code>Duplicate ( Bitcoin Cash )</code> option</p>

<p>Duplicating the BTC wallet will create a BCH wallet in your BitPay or Copay app with the BCH balance.</p>

<p>The option above to <code>duplicate</code> is not available for multi-sig BTC wallets, and you will need to use the <a href="https://bitpay.github.io/copay-recovery/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">recovery tool</a> to recover BCH funds sent to a multi-sig BTC wallet.</p>

<p>Then, please clear your history cache. To do so, please open up your BitPay app and do the following steps:</p>

<ul>
<li><code>Settings</code> > <code>Wallet</code> > <code>More Options</code> > <code>Transaction History</code> > <code>Clear cache</code></li>
</ul>

<p>And finally, scan for addresses. </p>

<ul>
<li><code>Settings</code> > <code>Wallet</code> > <code>More Options</code> > <code>Wallet Addresses</code> > <code>Scan addresses for funds</code></li>
</ul>

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2018-07-25T18:05:48.380Z
2018-07-25T18:05:48.380Z
KarlAtBitPay
<p>I've read many other threads like this and it seems to be the common consensus that to recover BCH sent to a BTC address, just use the private key inside a BCH compatible wallet. Well, I did that, and there are no coins showing, nor the address that I originally sent the BCH to (which has 100+ confirmations already). </p>

<p>Not really sure what to do in this case. The wallet which I originally sent the BCH to was a Bitcoin wallet in the Copay app.</p>

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2018-06-30T04:08:21.160Z
Is it a segwit address?
Raghav Sood
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@RaghavSood, it was legacy I believe, but I don't see how that's relevant, because there are no filled addresses at all in my BCH or BTC wallets related to this private key. I know the private key is valid because I've used it for BTC many times before, and usually keep it empty. It's just, when I load this private key under both BCH and BTC wallets, they're all totally empty. Yet, the address itself, which was generated by Copay from this private key, is showing a received BCH transaction.
Johnmm
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2018-06-30T07:42:17.340Z
Segwit matters because it does not exist on the BCH network. If it is a segwit address, you need to reach out to a miner such as BTC.com to get the coins back safely. Do you have a txid?
Raghav Sood
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Accidentally sent BCH to BTC address... I tried to use the private keys in a BCH wallet to recover, and there's no coins showing
Johnmm
# Accidentally sent BCH to BTC address... I tried to use the private keys in a BCH wallet to recover, and there's no coins showing

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-30)

I've read many other threads like this and it seems to be the common consensus that to recover BCH sent to a BTC address, just use the private key inside a BCH compatible wallet. Well, I did that, and there are no coins showing, nor the address that I originally sent the BCH to (which has 100+ confirmations already).

Not really sure what to do in this case. The wallet which I originally sent the BCH to was a Bitcoin wallet in the Copay app.

**Tags:** bitcoin-cash, copay, cross-chain-recovery

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is it a segwit address?  
> **username_0**: @username_1, it was legacy I believe, but I don't see how that's relevant, because there are no filled addresses at all in my BCH or BTC wallets related to this private key. I know the private key is valid because I've used it for BTC many times before, and usually keep it empty. It's just, when I load this private key under both BCH and BTC wallets, they're all totally empty. Yet, the address itself, which was generated by Copay from this private key, is showing a received BCH transaction.  
> **username_1**: Segwit matters because it does not exist on the BCH network. If it is a segwit address, you need to reach out to a miner such as BTC.com to get the coins back safely. Do you have a txid?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-25. Score: 1

To recover Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from a Bitpay/Copay BTC wallet, please follow the steps below:
1. Within the Bitpay/Copay app, navigate to `Settings`
2. Select the desired Bitcoin wallet then tap on `More Options`
3. Tap on the `Duplicate ( Bitcoin Cash )` option

Duplicating the BTC wallet will create a BCH wallet in your BitPay or Copay app with the BCH balance.

The option above to `duplicate` is not available for multi-sig BTC wallets, and you will need to use the [recovery tool](https://bitpay.github.io/copay-recovery/) to recover BCH funds sent to a multi-sig BTC wallet.

Then, please clear your history cache. To do so, please open up your BitPay app and do the following steps:

* `Settings` > `Wallet` > `More Options` > `Transaction History` > `Clear cache`

And finally, scan for addresses.

* `Settings` > `Wallet` > `More Options` > `Wallet Addresses` > `Scan addresses for funds`


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