@biddle: Hi @lixtiklipbalm

Hi Hive account@lixtiklipbalm , to answer your questions (to the best of my ability):

I believe your BCH is linked to your private/public key for your BTC if you had BTC at the time of the fork. Regarding accessing it, please look at the articles I'll list below, as I believe they can help answer your question.
I don't believe that is the case; I think if you had BTC at the fork, BCH was linked to your private key.

I would recommend googling around to be sure, but from what I understand, that is how it worked during the fork. Two good articles are:

and this subreddit