Quote from: Mr. Flibble on December 09, 2017, 07:00:34 PM

Hi. Firstly - apologies if this has been asked many times before. I searched but came up empty.

I have some BTC stored locally. I want to cash out a portion by sending to an online exchange. But I don't know what to do regards BCH. Is it safe to send BTC to an online wallet using Bitcoin Core client? If I do this will BCH also be sent to the online wallet, or retained by me, or lost?

Any advice or pointers to article appreceiated.

First of all, what software you using? Im asuming you are using Bitcoin Core or electrum or maybe a Trezor?

Anyway, what you need to do is to move your bitcoins into a new, empty wallet. Once you empty your current wallet (BTC balance is 0) you can use this wallet.dat file in Bitcoin ABC if you are using Core, or you can just import your empty private keys on a Bitcoin Cash wallet. Just be sure to know what you are doing and you will be ok. The key is to not having matching addresses with balances on Bitcoin's chain and BCash's chain.