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Title: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: BillyThePoet on October 25, 2017, 01:21:34 AM Unfortunately, I didn't place my btc in a proper wallet in time and left it in coinbase. I thought the hard fork would happen today but it actually did yesterday.
So, I was wondering if it is still possible to get bitcoin gold now after the hard fork took place? If it is, what's the best and safest way to do so? And, what wallet would you recommend? I wish the dev team behind this hard fork would be willing to share the updates, guidelines and recommendation. Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: CodyAlfaridzi on October 25, 2017, 01:35:09 AM No unfortunately. There is no way you could claim your Bitcoin Gold because you put your Bitcoin under Coinbase control. Just hope and pray that someday Coinbase will change their stance against Bitcoin Gold and credit their user with BTG.
Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: mk4 on October 25, 2017, 01:49:34 AM I'm afraid it's too late for you. Currently Coinbase isn't giving access to your bitcoingold due to the bitcoingold devs not making their code open source. Quote from Coinbase's bitcoin gold FAQ:
Quote Is Coinbase going to support Bitcoin Gold? Source: https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2892196-bitcoin-gold-faqWe operate by the principle that our customers should benefit to the greatest extent possible from hard forks or other unexpected events. However, safety and security are also important considerations for any asset supported by Coinbase. At this time, Coinbase cannot support Bitcoin Gold because its developers have not made the code available to the public for review. This is a major security risk. Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: bigdickrodney on October 25, 2017, 02:12:23 AM You still are credited bitcoin gold if you have bitcoin on coinbase. Earliest access to the forks is going to be in 2018 sometime on Coinbase.
Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: Josepht on October 25, 2017, 02:15:22 AM So, I was wondering if it is still possible to get bitcoin gold now after the hard fork took place? Actually, there is. You need to go to an exchange, deposit either fiat or BTC, and buy bitcoin gold. The price won't be high anyway, so you can buy a lot for just little money. But I think you need to go to coinbase, and contact them to see whether or not they want to credit the coins to your account or not. It's up to them to decide what they want to do. Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: bigdickrodney on October 25, 2017, 02:25:49 AM So, I was wondering if it is still possible to get bitcoin gold now after the hard fork took place? But I think you need to go to coinbase, and contact them to see whether or not they want to credit the coins to your account or not. It's up to them to decide what they want to do. Quote from coinbase and link provided: Coinbase/GDAX will not sell or keep Bitcoin Gold associated with customer Bitcoin for itself. Any Bitcoin Gold will remain securely stored on Coinbase. If Coinbase were to enable support for Bitcoin Gold at a future date, customers would be able to withdraw Bitcoin Gold associated with their Coinbase/GDAX Bitcoin balances at the time of the Bitcoin Gold fork. https://support.coinbase.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2892196-bitcoin-gold-faq?b_id=13521 (https://support.coinbase.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2892196-bitcoin-gold-faq?b_id=13521) Title: Re: And.... I missed it! Anyone else? What do we do now? Post by: buytheeffinD on October 25, 2017, 03:42:24 AM Unfortunately you cant get any free bitcoin gold now but you can buy some on exchanges still. For the future instead of using a website like coinbase or another where you dont hold your private keys try holding your own
private keys. This way you wont have to worry if you will be credited or not, because it will be an automatic credit when the fork happens. Look into Ledger, Trezor, and KeepKey they are industry leaders in this aspect. |