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Hi,

stored everything on paper wallets to have the private key.
How can I claim Bitcoin Cash from that?

I think I'll have to use a Bitcoin Cash wallet, import my private key there and transfer everything to a Bitcoin Cash address?

I would not like to entrust a software i don't know with my private key. Or maybe there will be online services who will do the split but same thing how to know if i can trust this?

Also I'd like to know if I need a special Bitcoin Cash Address or will my Bitcoin address simply be my Bitcoin Cash address if I move everything away after 1.8? Would be the easiest way in my opinion since my Bitcoins are in safety and I could import this private key then in a Bitcoin Cash wallet or sell them?.

Also you should do no transactions after 1.8 for a couple of days but it should be perfectly safe if I hold all the private keys so I dot't care where the coins end up.

Thank you!

I could move my Bitcoins to a new address before I import them since the new chain for Bitcoin Cash would no see that and accept the old now empty wallet? I understand the this transfer might not happen if Bitcoin has problems with the chain but I can't lose anything right?

Your question isn't really clear. What I understood is you want to know about the safety of your Bitcoin. Then let me tell you no matter what wallet or exchange (trusted ones) you chose for storing your Bitcoin, your BTC will remain safe. That all fuss about private keys is for claiming BCC on 1st August. The amount of BCC you will receive will be equal to the Bitcoin you are holding on that key. Just avoid transactions on 1st August. There wouldn't be any problem in transferring Bitcoin before 1st August. What all transfers you want to do, do it in these 2 days.

The only thing you should have is private key of your bitcoin address where you have to store all of your bitcoins before 31st july.

During hardfork bitcoincash will take blockchain snapshot and it will credit similar about of BCC to all bitcoin holding addresses at the time of that snapshot.

So when you will import that private key in BCC compatible wallet like jaxx in future you will see same amount of BCC which you can move afterwards.

Just put your bitcoin in paper wallet and relax.

Thank you. I have everything on paper already.
My question was if I move my Bitcoin away after the snapshot I can safely import the private key in Bitcoin Cash wallet since I don't want to trust this wallet with a private key where my Bitcoin are still stored.

Okay just confirmed it, I will hold on to this rule:

Control private Key BEFORE the fork (I use paper wallet). Move Bitcoins to a new Wallet address AFTER (again paper in my case) the fork (also control private key).

Then use the private key from BEFORE the fork to import in BCC wallet.

Why do you need to move the Bitcoins to a new Wallet Address?

Yes that would work, just make sure you look into replay attack protection as well. I would suggest you move both btc and bcc to new paper wallets after the fork rather than just the one.

Ok, i just wanted to confirm 100% because im a paranoid fuck:

 I am a paper wallet user, after the hardfork and bitcoin cash is born:

- wait for bitcoin cash supported wallet to appear
- use my private key to sweep my BITCOIN CASH balance onto the bitcoin cash wallet.

No, for my retarded better safe than sorry question:

Will doing a wallet sweep for my bitcoin cash balance affect my bitcoin balance?

- i know youre NEVER to do partial sweeps of a paper wallet
I think i know the answer to this question but figured i wanted to be 100% sure

Thanks for any help!

Just hold the private keys of your Bitcoin wallet (the paper wallet you have). You need to do nothing about your Bitcoins. They will remain safe in your paper wallet whose private keys you are holding. After 1st August you can claim your BCC through those private keys using BCC wallet. Bitcoin will remain as it is in you paper wallet. There is no need to transfer your Bitcoin anywhere.

You are not sweeping your paper wallet. Just consider your private keys as an email id. In Bitcoin wallet through that email id you will get BTC and then in BCC wallet through your email id you will have BCC. Private keys are used to show that you own BTC on that address and hence can claim you BCC equivalent on another wallet. Bitcoin will stay in your paper wallet.

Okay .. thanks for your information on how to claim BCC.
I will share this information to some of my friends who are currently struggling to claim BCC.

You just have to wait until everyhing is clear and then you can import your private keys to a wallet which can give you bcc, it is simple but don't rush it.

Automatically you will get bitcoin cash in accordance with the amount of bitcoin balance (BTC) that you save in the wallet paper just by entering the private key.

For me, I think, all you need
Import your private key to Bitcoin Cash wallet, and transfer everything to new BTC wallet.

You should go to there dude. And you may find your answer for that. But there some ways to claim your bitcoin case, the first  there are some exchange sites what will be ditributed the bitcoin cash to the bitcoin holders.
or you can try to use the electrum wallet that has compatible with the upcoming fork.

Most probably or surely there will upgrades in the traditional wallets to support both the chains. So you can do the transaction smoothly without worrying about the facts that you just said.


Yes, about having BCC address, you will need to create one. This will be probably available through the wallets I believe. The info is however unclear. The bright picture will come up in the first week of August for sure. :-)

Just keep your private key to receive BCC, if you don't have a private key right now, just create one and move your balance to that address, after the 1st August, there will be a place to redeem your private key to receive BCC.

I got this fact: if you have a paper wallet with private keys, you will have an equal number of BTC and Bcash after Aug 1.

What i don't get is how to sweep BOTH your BTC AND Bcash afterwards using THE SAME key.

Say, you swept your BTC (after Aug 1) to Electrum or blockchain.info wallet.
By doing so you presumably exposed the private key to your paper wallet.
It is OK for BTC because it is now all swept into a new wallet, but you still have Bcash associated with the paper wallet.
You have to use THE SAME private key to move it (Bcash), but that key was already exposed, isn't it?
This does not sound safe (after Aug 1), unless you are sweeping to a wallet that would automatically give you both BTC and Bcash.

Hello everyone !
THX for the info about this forum !

I already have all my BTCs in paper wallets (so I have private keys!) :)
After the first of August, after about 3/4 hours from the fork, I will prepare to receive the Bcc. ::)
If I understand the steps described in the forum, is this the procedure i have to follow? (This is a question!)

- For someone ,  I not have to move BTC, being in the paper wallet and so safety .  correct ?
- According to other opinions, it would be advisable to move BTCs to other wallets.    ?

so i see 2/3 option , but i not understand wich one is the best .

N1 :  Elecrtum, that allowing the sweep !
N2 :  Blockchain.info (which does not have the sweep function anymore , actually you can only import the private key, and it will only be observation. Until
        you move the BTC, maybe at the main address, obviously paying the fees.)
        At that time , we say that BTC would be saved  , as they were moved to the main address so  the private keys  will change.
        Now the old  private key , can take the risk to be exposed to the BCC wallet ( may be http://www.electroncash.org/  ) ? .
        IS THIS THE WAY TO NO HAVE RISK FOR THE BTC ??   CORRECT  ??

someone have idea wich wallet is the best for collect the BCC , so one wallet the give to import the private key ( that in my case will be from one paper wallet empty , becouse my BTC before was just iport in Blockchain.info and i have just move in other address , for be sure noone can stolen my BTC )

sorry for thge many question but i am a new user and i am worry to do something wrong and louse my BTC , but in same time i would quik have the BCC , for understand the best things to do ( keep , sell ext ...)

It is really not that hard to understand:

BTC => move it to a new adress that you only know the private key of.
BCC => Use same old BTC adress to move your BCC to a NEW adress.

sell or keep.


I prefer not selling due to the market being all crazy right now. just wait till we know that all nodes are staying put and then make a move. Rest assured big wales will do the same if there is a lot of money envolved.

ok , i understand more better . Thx :)

Hi there,
Im really new and really confused  ???

In short;
I have BTC on a paper wallet and I want to claim BCC of course, so basically what i have to do its:

Scan my paper wallet with a wallet who support BTC and BCC. and thats it?
(because not all wallets, like blockchain for example, will support BCC)

thanks for all the help!

:D

I wouldn't do this because then you give the private key of your bitcoin to that exchange. i explained in a previous post what is best.

I think it is not possible to paper wallet may be, you need to have a private key in order to claim the Airdrop. Already many people have transferred their Bitcoin to hard wallet which has a private for getting BCC coins.

BTC wallet will soon holding both BTC and BCC soon, that why no worries at all... by the way this thread is very informative thanks for the post i learn a lot... please keep updating this thread until fork are done... "bookmark"

Its already August 1 when should we expect to see BCC in our wallets? Is there anyone got their BCC? Or we need to wait more? Is the fork started? I am excited to this update but I am worried if anything bad would happened.

so if my BTC is in paper wallet , i can have the same BCC ?
what i have to do becouse the last 3 post put me agin in confusion
where is better sweep the private key ? and what exactly i have to do for have the same ammount in BCC ?
thx

As I understand it:

1. Sweep the entire balance of your paper wallet to a NEW bitcoin address, using a wallet that supports bitcoin - that way you know your BTC is safe and has been moved away from the original paper wallet

2. Sweep the entire balance of the same paper wallet to a new BitcoinCash address, using a (probably different) wallet that supports BCC

3. (optional) move your bitcoin to a new paper wallet

This is the best and short explication so far.
thanks a lot!

won't you EXPOSE your private key (of the paper wallet) when you make that first move, hence someone can steal your BCH (it's not BCC, pal). My question was ONLY regarding paper wallets. I understand how to move from Electrum.

Hi, guys!
I have got the BTC paper wallets too. As you know there is a website where you can enter a bitcoin address and check if there are bitcoins on it: blockchain.info
And there is the etherscan.io for the etherium.
I suppose that there should be the similar web service for the Bitcoin Cash currency where you can check the coins by address. Has anyone heard about it? I could not find out the website with this service.

Hi to all !
anyone have just start to move the BTC after the Fork from paper wallet ? if Yes , where have import the paperwallet ? electrum ?
and have just use the same private key for the BCH (BCC) ? and where he import the key for the BCH ?
which exchange or wallet for you is the most serius for BCH ?
i suppose after the 24 hours the fork start ,we can start operated ?
THX to all

Has anybody claimed or seen his Bitcoin Cash amount anywhere?

Again move away your Bitcoins to a new paper wallet first !!!

This is just a precaution if you end up with a manipulated BCC/BCH wallet all your Bitcoins are gone. This can happen manipulated LTC wallets have been seen in the wild they replaced them on the webserver!

Also once the private key got used on an online PC it is best practice not to use it anymore.

I claimed mx BCC/BCH and did some test transactions with a board member here, see Electrum Cash thread.

I'm still  confused. Do I import twice: once to a Bitcoin Wallet and a 2nd time to a Bitcoin Cash wallet?

my 2cent from a while ago. i changed my mind.

Hi ,
anyone have try claimed the BCC orBCH ?

i have BTC in paper wallet .
so
i can import in Blockchain .info and for be sure move them in other address in blockchain info . so i suppose they are safe .
then where i can import the same private key for have bcc ?
do someone have just try with one BCC wallet that have the function of sweep ?
which the best ? and safe ?
thx

Alright so this is what i did:

1- Swap your BTC from the paper wallet with BLOCKCHAIN (found out its the one who has the smallest fee).
2- get COINOMI wallet app, select BCC (Bitcoin Cash) and scan the same paper wallet.

Thats how i got the Bitcoin Cash and in a separated wallet my normal Bitcoin...
from there you can move it around of course to trade and everything but u have to keep in mind there will be fees. ;)

let me know if worked for you guys!

Hi , i just try now sweep one paper wallet in electrum connected with my Ledger nano s .
the BTC i can see now in ledger wallet bitcoin and in electrum , but cant see in leger wallet bitcoin cash
what i have to do ?
thx

Why sweet this costs money simply import the key. To move BTC you have to pay but then just import the empty wallet which still holds you BCH.

From:

cryptotradercat


To:

paper wallet holders


You can check your paper wallet for bitcoin cash amount inside it by going to the following website:

blockchair.com

and at the very top search bar paste in your paper wallet public ADDRESS and <enter>

it will show you have bitcash in that paper wallet. It's up to you what you want to do with it.

cryptotradercat
Thank you so much for the information. But why do they write "BTC" instead of BCC or BCH for the Bitcoin Cash?
For instance https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/address/16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT

Hi to all !!
where i have to import the private key of my paper wallet , for have my BCH ?
i try in :
1) coinomi , but app not available for iphone or Apple. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G74fvkG-_g )

2) Jaxx , but look like not available at the moment import key for bch

3) someone reccomanded this link but come message to warning
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRZHTt_lwBA  ( blockchain blokked me !!!!!)

4)i try download: http://www.electroncash.org/ , but when i try to install with wind64,after download my antivirus ( mc afee )write like this :
     Attenzione.
Accedere comunque?
http://www.electroncash.org/downloads/win-linux/El… questo sito potrebbe essere rischioso.

Perché viene visualizzato questo messaggio?
Durante la verifica del sito sono stati rilevati uno o più comportamenti rischiosi.

5) i try import in electrum , connected with ledger nano s , and i can see import only the BTC .

 Someone have have more good news for have the bch from paper wallet ! Safety !!!

You try http://www.electroncash.org/ or https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.14.6/
I think it best this times

if i try with this  : https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.14.6/

i have to import all the blockchain ( arround 40 Hours and 130 gb ? )

becouse electron cash is to much a risk !

Does somebody know a walletapp for Ios wich can sweep a paperwallet from bch?

Here is how I did it, using Windows 10 and Internet Explorer.
I cannot guarantee that this is safe, but it worked for me. 

1. own some Bitcoin on papers with public and private keys before 2017-08-01
2. create and print new Bitcoin papers with public and private keys by downloading this software and going offline:
https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com
For precaution, delete the software when done, and restart computer to flush memory
2. create an account at:
www.kraken.com
3. create an account at: 
www.blockchain.info
4. login to account at www.blockchain.info and transfer your BTC from old papers to new papers by clicking on:
Setup -> Addresses -> Import address, and enter the old paper address.
Then click on Send BTC, choose the old address, enter the private key, enter the target address for the new Bitcoin paper and confirm.
I used the priority fees, and a transfer took about 15 minutes
5. The old papers now only contain BCH.
Download Electron Cash (Electron-Cash-2.9.2.exe)
www.electroncash.org
8. Login to your account at kraken.com, click "Funding", choose "BCH", and click "Generate address"
6. Open Electron cash client and click on Tools -> Network.
Untick the checkbox "Select server automatically", right-click on electroncash.cascharia.com and click on "Use as server".
Click on Wallet -> Private keys -> Sweep, and enter the private keys from the old papers only containing BCH
7. As the private keys are imported, wallet balance should increase
9. Click on Send, enter your kraken.com BCH address and the amount to transfer.
I used the default fee.
10. Wait for 20 confirmations. You can check the progress by right clicking on the transactions and click "View on block explorer"
For me, it took about 8 hours.
11. I chose to sell the BCH for EUR on kraken.com (since I believe they will eventually loose most of their value)

Good luck!

I heard electroncash is not safe at all..

I still search for a spot to import my private keys for bch. I prefer an app for iphone like there is coinomi for android. Somebody knows any?

just to clarify (you guys lost me somewhere on page 2)
1. I have my private key for my bitcoin i had before the fork
2. i move my bitcoin to another wallet (paper or otherwise)
3. i import my private key from the original (now empty) wallet into a wallet or exchange that supports bitcoin cash
4. my bitcoin is safe in the new wallet, while my bitcoin cash is in it's own wallet ready for me to do as i please once it has been verified
am i understanding this correctly?

Thats how I understood it but I am not an expert.

thank you  :)