Mining Bitcoincash

Mining Bitcoincash (BCH) when your address format is not recognized

The bitcoincash network has went through an address change. This new format of address may not be compatible with mining BCH, however there is a way to circumvent that. First you will need to do the following:

Go to the official lightweight wallet authorized by bitcoincash: https://electroncash.org/

download the wallet and set it up.

Once you have the wallet setup you will have to click on the Address converter tab, paste the bitcoincash: address and you will see different encryptions of that same address. You will need to use the legacy address in order to mine here is what the tab looks like

 

You will need to type the address you wish to convert in the top and then you will need to use the legacy address in order to mine on some sites.

As you can see the address is now the same exact address but it is encrypted in multiple formats to be used with any type of wallet or mining site.

This way you will not have to pull your hair out and not know how to get the coin to the wallet you want.