I got excited and installed an etherum wallet. I transferred two BTC to it but n...

shawabawa3 · on May 25, 2016

Are you serious? I hope not.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are not stored on the same blockchain and are not compatible or directly convertible.

Your only chance of getting the bitcoins back is to try to create the same wallet address on the bitcoin network (I'm not sure if the backup seed strings are compatible, may not be possible)

mrfusion · on May 25, 2016

I really don't understand how it happened. I used shapeshift.io. I put a ticket in with them at least. Waiting to hear back.

shawabawa3 · on May 26, 2016

Ah it sounded like you just tried to transfer bitcoin straight to the ether account.

Hope their support sorts it out for you

mrfusion · on May 25, 2016

I don't think it would have gone to a bitcoin address since I did get the two ether from somewhere.

mrfusion · on May 25, 2016

Update. Shapeshift refunded my overpayment. Apparently I read the instructions wrong. All good now.