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Title: How to claim BitcoinGold via BTC hard fork
Post by: sachithra on October 21, 2017, 08:40:30 AM
How to claim Bitcoin Gold form the BTC hardfork? Is it allows for bittrex.com or wanna create another wallet? What are the requirement? Please guide me.


Title: Re: How to claim BitcoinGold via BTC hard fork
Post by: Lancusters on October 21, 2017, 09:12:54 AM
During the last hard fork my bitcoins stored in a digital wallet. I didn't do anything and after a month I have automatically created a wallet with free bitcoin with cash. Maybe this time will be the same. I do not trade on the exchange but heard the warnings before hard fork you need to transfer from exchange to wallet. I also heard a lot of negative reviews on bittrex.com so please be careful.


Title: Re: How to claim BitcoinGold via BTC hard fork
Post by: TryNinja on October 21, 2017, 02:14:39 PM
If you want to assure that you will receive the Bitcoin Gold coins after the fork, you will need to withdraw your coins from Bittrex and store them in a wallet which you may have full control over the private keys.

Do this before October 25 (the day the fork is happening):

1. Download Electrum[1] (recommended)
2. Create a new wallet and send every Bitcoin you have at any exchange to this new wallet.
3. Wait until the fork happens.
4. Now this wallet has x BTC and the same amount in BTG.
5. When it's safe to spend your coins, send your Bitcoins to any place you want (including an exchange);
6. Now this wallet only has x BTG and no BTC.
7. Download a valid Bitcoin Gold wallet and import the private key that still contains the BTG coins.
8. Send them to an exchange if you want to sell those coins.


[1] https://electrum.org/


Title: Re: How to claim BitcoinGold via BTC hard fork
Post by: tora on October 22, 2017, 05:35:52 PM
Yobit and bitfinex will accept BTG