Quote from: skabooboo on January 29, 2018, 01:27:39 AM

Well yours truly has been there done that and with no great success....let me explain....

Totally newbie to the Bitcoin world. Went to get a BCH wallet and put money on it, didn't even know what the difference was between BCH and BTC

Made 3 transactions sending BCH to BTC Wallets....when you check on https://blockchair.com/ (which I was advised to do by a senior member) you see that the transaction went through.

When I go on my BCH wallet I see that the 3 transactions are confirmed on blockchain between 60 to 197 times and counting. So as far as I know the sellers (sent it to two different people on 2 different addresses) received it. But they both have been pestering me that they didn't.

Now because I asked on this forum and I was told that they did receive it and because I see that the transactions are confirmed on my end I told them both that they were playing with me and they told me that I was messing with them. So now I am really confused.

- Are those BCH lost in limbo?
- Did they receive it and are just messing with me?
- Can we send BCH to BTC Wallet/Addresses without issue?
- Would sending BCH to BTC create delays?

It seems that one person says one thing and one person says it's opposite....would be so great to have a definitive answer on the topic.

Here are the 2 addresses I sent to:

1A6y6LJ2qqLZoYP1ir2sUkaEZn3L6S2o2F = This one sent twice. Mr one

1EY9X5MHsNMtApZrBN22yd4uGhyWLSogKF = This one sent once. Mr two

Also other question on the back of this; Mr two asked me to send him my bitcoin address so he could check to see if i made the transaction. First of all he said bitcoin address and not bitcoin cash (but to get the record straight I told Mr two that I was sending BCH and NOT BTC and he said that it was ok). Am I at risk if I give him my address? and if I do which one should I give him? (I used the BCH wallet from bitcoin.com) and yes you can give me the answer as if you were talking to a 6years old because right now that's exactly like I feel.

Thanks!

S.

As explained above, I don't think it's possible to send bitcoin to a bitcoin cash address, and vice-versa. Which one did you buy, bitcoin or bitcoin cash?

All addresses will be possible on both bitcoin and bitcoin cash. The first address you posted, there are balances sent to both the bitcoin and bitcoin cash address within the past couple days (3 transactions total). I do not know if it was you or not.

The 2nd address only has a transaction on bitcoin cash, not on bitcoin, also within the past couple days.

With regards to your 2nd question, it does not make any sense for him to ask what your address is to know if the transaction was made. The blockchain is public, so anyone can look up the sending address and pretend it was theirs (to pretend that they made the payment, and then try to claim the product). That's why vendors will typically generate a new address for every transaction. If they only gave an address to 1 person, then the payment sent there must be from that person. He should be able to claim the bitcoin cash in that address by generating a bitcoin cash address corresponding to that bitcoin address, and then use his private key.

It's okay for you to publish your address, but you should never publish your private key.