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		npongratz on Aug 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Cash Soars to $700, Coinbase Customers Thr... After the fork, BTC and BCH are distinct and independent. So buying BTC after the fork would gives the buyer zero BCH.

galfarragem on Aug 2, 2017 [–]

So who owns the correspondent BCH (assuming that the seller was a coinbase user before the fork)? Coinbase? The previous owner?

pat2man on Aug 2, 2017 | [–]

Coinbase has the keys for them, they have stated that if they ever accessed those coins they would make them available to the wallet holders.

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