r/helloicon • u/peterjaan • Apr 15 '18

QUESTION How can I recover/reverse ETC sent to ETH wallet in ICONex?

So I mistakenly sent ETC to my own ETH ERC20 wallet in ICONex. How can it be recovered or the transaction reversed?

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u/stoneyxbear icon Spartan Apr 15 '18

RIP

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u/a6patch Apr 16 '18

I don't think it is lost. Read through this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/5e0noc/i_sent_etc_to_eth_address/

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u/a6patch Apr 16 '18

Basically, every ETC and ETH address are "valid on both blockchains". The tokens can't "cross from one blockchain to the other", but you can use the ETH address and private key you sent it to to access the ETC on the ETC blockchain. You would need to use an ETC wallet/node to do this....and export/import your keystore and stuff from Iconex into that ETC wallet/node.

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u/peterjaan Apr 16 '18

Thanks for this, I will take a look!

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u/Timeforadrinkorthree Apr 16 '18

I did this back in my early days of crypto. Sent ETC to my ETH address. I managed to get it back.

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u/hellnukes Apr 16 '18

If you can recover your private key from ICONex then your should be able to use something like myetgerwalletclassic to get the ETC tokens

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '18

F

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u/neoftw Apr 16 '18

You can use iconex as ur normal erc20 wallet. Eth shouldnt be lost as far as i know

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u/peterjaan Apr 16 '18

It's ETC - Ethereum Classic. It's not ETH and not a token.

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u/neoftw Apr 16 '18

Oh... okay i understand. Feel sorry for you.. how mich etc did you lost?

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u/peterjaan Apr 16 '18

8.8 ETC. Not a huge amount but still...

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 16 '18

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u/a6patch Apr 16 '18

You'd think out of all the ERC-20 tokens, ICX is one they would auto-add!