<p>First of all, move your bitcoin to a new wallet. So it stays safe and secure. </p>

<p>Then download Electron Cash Wallet, create a new wallet and sweep the private key(s) of your old bitcoin-qt wallet.</p>

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2017-12-02T15:19:02.813Z
2017-12-02T15:19:02.813Z
Chak
<p>I know that there are years after ... I've had the same problem and today I've found the way to claim it ... finally :)</p>
<p>I've got old BTC from before fork on Bitcoin (so before 01.08.2017). I've been struggling back then (just after fork) how to send it to some other wallet or market to get my cash back ... unfortunately back then I wasn't able to find the way.</p>
<p>From tomorrow I've done the same research again and I've come into this page. I was quite sad when I couldn't find the answer how to do it.</p>
<p>Today finally I've done it :)</p>
<p>What I've done:</p>
<ol>
<li>On Bitcon Core I've exported my private key (this only can be done with old legacy wallets ... I've got backup of that one). For doing that you need to go to console and write commands:</li>
</ol>
<p>a) unlock wallet:</p>
<p>walletpassphrase &quot;&lt;here you put your password to the wallet&quot; 600</p>
<p>b) export private key:</p>
<p>dumpprivkey 18wX2UUqNn3W6MLq2urHNMjvEXaZr3hYoL</p>
<p>That (18wX2UUqNn3W6MLq2urHNMjvEXaZr3hYoL ) is my BTC/BCH address. If anyone want to thanks me - you can send some BTC or BCH there :-)</p>
<p>After that you've got your private key to your legacy wallet. That one we will use later on other tool</p>
<ol start="2">
<li>Download the Electron Cash. I've downloaded windows portable version from <a href="https://electroncash.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://electroncash.org/</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Warning: I've had warning message from Norton Antivirus that the program doesn't have correct signature. Here I was quite not sure ... but as I wasn't able to get my money back ... I still tried to use it.</p>
<p>There wasn't any other warning from NV so I've continued. I've done some tests before I've imported correct private key.</p>
<p>When you start the program, you should create new wallet and then choose 3rd option: Import BCH addresses or private keys.</p>
<p>If you will put here the public BCH address - you would have read-only view for transaction. If you would import your private key - you will be able to send BCH to different wallet.</p>
<ol start="3">
<li>Send money :)</li>
</ol>
<p>And that's it ... worked for me :-)</p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/65QRySMB.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/65QRySMB.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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Konki
<p>I need to claim my bitcoin cash I held my coins in the bitcoin qt wallet from the spring on 2013 to the middle of aug. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this done?
Thanks</p>

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2017-12-02T15:22:17.417Z
Where did you store you bitcoin until November? You may be eligible for bitcoin gold too.
Chak
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2017-12-04T10:13:58.360Z
Possible duplicate of  https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57351/i-have-bitcoins-in-a-local-wallet-how-do-i-get-my-bitcoin-cash-without-using-an
meshcollider
<bitcoin-cash>
claim bitcoin cash with bitcoin qt wallet
Phillip
# claim bitcoin cash with bitcoin qt wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-02)

I need to claim my bitcoin cash I held my coins in the bitcoin qt wallet from the spring on 2013 to the middle of aug. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this done?
Thanks

**Tags:** bitcoin-cash

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Where did you store you bitcoin until November? You may be eligible for bitcoin gold too.  
> **username_2**: Possible duplicate of  https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57351/i-have-bitcoins-in-a-local-wallet-how-do-i-get-my-bitcoin-cash-without-using-an  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-02. Score: 1

First of all, move your bitcoin to a new wallet. So it stays safe and secure.

Then download Electron Cash Wallet, create a new wallet and sweep the private key(s) of your old bitcoin-qt wallet.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-11-14. Score: 0

I know that there are years after ... I've had the same problem and today I've found the way to claim it ... finally :)

I've got old BTC from before fork on Bitcoin (so before 01.08.2017). I've been struggling back then (just after fork) how to send it to some other wallet or market to get my cash back ... unfortunately back then I wasn't able to find the way.

From tomorrow I've done the same research again and I've come into this page. I was quite sad when I couldn't find the answer how to do it.

Today finally I've done it :)

What I've done:

1. On Bitcon Core I've exported my private key (this only can be done with old legacy wallets ... I've got backup of that one). For doing that you need to go to console and write commands:

a) unlock wallet:

walletpassphrase "<here you put your password to the wallet" 600

b) export private key:

dumpprivkey 18wX2UUqNn3W6MLq2urHNMjvEXaZr3hYoL

That (18wX2UUqNn3W6MLq2urHNMjvEXaZr3hYoL ) is my BTC/BCH address. If anyone want to thanks me - you can send some BTC or BCH there :-)

After that you've got your private key to your legacy wallet. That one we will use later on other tool

2. Download the Electron Cash. I've downloaded windows portable version from <https://electroncash.org/>

Warning: I've had warning message from Norton Antivirus that the program doesn't have correct signature. Here I was quite not sure ... but as I wasn't able to get my money back ... I still tried to use it.

There wasn't any other warning from NV so I've continued. I've done some tests before I've imported correct private key.

When you start the program, you should create new wallet and then choose 3rd option: Import BCH addresses or private keys.

If you will put here the public BCH address - you would have read-only view for transaction. If you would import your private key - you will be able to send BCH to different wallet.

3. Send money :)

And that's it ... worked for me :-)

Good luck :)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/65QRySMB.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/65QRySMB.png)


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