Yes, 24 words is all you need to recover to either another Ledger, a Trezor, a KeepKey or any BIP32/39/44 compatible wallet.

https://ledger.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005297709-On-which-wallet-can-I-restore-my-wallet-if-I-lose-my-Ledger-device-

NOTE: The list is a bit outdated... as you can definitely restore to Electrum now.

No... it just sounds like you're not setting the amounts properly... and your "fee" is too low... I'm sent you a PM regarding this.

As I feared... that "hack" no longer works

Unfortunately, I'm all out of ideas... you're at the mercy of b.info tech support... unless someone else has any other clever ideas? (that are NOT "restore from seed" )

I suspect you'll find it is the derivation path he is using is incorrect.

I'll guess he has gone with the "standard" m/44'/0'/0' derivation path specified in BIP44 and used by hardware wallets etc... most likely used if it was done by a "library". The problem is that Electrum uses a derivation path of m/0

Both paths will generate "valid" public keys/addresses... but they'll be different.

The only other idea I have is to try and download the JSON for the wallet... after you login, try entering the following into the browser URL textbox:

This would be something like: https://blockchain.info/wallet/594c45ac-1234-42bb-84bf-69b7b057d7c9?format=json

Hopefully, it will give you the JSON code for your wallet... but most likely, I think it'll just give you an "authorisation required" error

If that doesn't work, then all you can do is wait for Blockchain.info support to answer your ticket

You are now smarter than the average Bitcoin user

Yes, keeping coins on Exchanges "long term" is a terrible idea. As the saying goes "If you don't control the private keys, you don't control the coins"... and I'm not aware of ANY exchanges that give the users control of the private keys for their accounts.

Sweeping does not "change" private keys. It simply moves coins from one set of private keys to another, exactly like a normal Bitcoin transaction does. Perhaps this will help?

Sweeping:

Before sweep:
Old private keys: 1 BTC + 1 BCH
New private keys: 0 BTC + 0 BCH

"Old Bitcoin Wallet" - Old private keys
    |
    | Sweep
    |
    V
New Electrum wallet - New private keys

After Sweep:
Old private keys: 0 BTC + 1 BCH
New private keys: 1 BTC + 0 BCH

---

Importing:

Before import:
Old private keys: 1 BTC + 1 BCH

"Old Bitcoin Wallet" - Old private keys
    |
    | Import
    |
    V
New Electrum wallet - OLD private keys

After Import:
Old private keys: 1 BTC + 1 BCH

This means the "inputs" you are trying to spend, have already been spent in a BTG transaction. Check your addresses on www.btgexplorer.com and make sure that the "Final Balance" is greater than 0.00000000. If it isn't, then that address is empty and does not contain any BTG.


And like I said... if those private keys contained NO BTC or BCH before people put them into the scam wallet... would the thief have got 260+ BTC? no... he would only have got the BTG.

Would you rather have lost 0.01 BTG AND 1 BTC+0.1 BCH ... or just 0.01 BTG?


It has been a recommended practice by pretty much EVERYONE since BitcoinCash was announced to have replay protection. Hell, some folks were advocating claiming coins on a completely separate computer/device! In any case, I don't know why moving your coins from one Electrum wallet to a new Electrum wallet with a new seed is such a big deal? (aside from the transaction fees)


You are typing the seed into your computer... and exporting the xprvs for your 2FA wallet in plaintext. In my opinion, that is reason enough to make sure they contain as little value as possible.



2FA wallets (which this tutorial is aimed at) is ALWAYS "2-of-3". No idea about MultiSig, but the most common ones seem to be "2-of-3" and "2-of-2".

Yes, you just goto "Wallet -> Password"... and then enter your current password... and then a "new" password (can actually be the same as your current password)... and tick the box that says "Encrypt wallet file"

Huh... to be honest, I didn't even notice that he hadn't included a warning to run all the tools offline. That's pretty much a standard warning! Should definitely be added into the beginning of the Tutorial... in NICE BIG LETTERS


By moving your BTC off the old private keys/seed before you start "exposing" them, you are reducing the possibility of losing your BTC due to your private keys/seed being leaked... only your BTG is potentially at risk (and any other fork coins still on the old private keys).

If ALL the users of mybtgwallet.com had moved their BTC off their private keys/seeds and into new wallets prior to entering the old private keys/seeds into the scam wallet... how much BTC would the scammer have got? 0.0 BTC

You just want to send some coins tO your wallet? That's easy... In the watching-only wallet, simply click on the "Receive" tab... it will give you an address to send to. You copy/paste that address to the withdraw/send page on the Exchange. They will then send the coins to that address.

You can get the address from either the offline wallet or the watching-only wallet. If they are configured correctly, they will generate identical addresses. The watching only wallet is essentially a "clone" of the offline wallet WITHOUT the private keys. I'd recommend using the watching-only wallet for the day to day tasks like generating addresses, checking balances etc. The offline wallet should only really be used for signing transactions.


ps. You should double check that your offline wallet and your watching only wallet ARE actually generating identical addresses before you start sending coins to your wallet

You might want to double check the Private keys that Electrum is generating using this method. I just tried this, and the public address and public key are the same as the BIP39 Mnemonic Code Converter... but the private keys are different??!?

Electrum private key: LLCKoLPeE5sfCn79kUe9eqWFN32UYip2CjdmsJ48UgbHqxMcBxyD
BIP39 private key: L334f1fqsn3PFk5ceKrN4VKGsAdAstGZsrPWkPMwVj5sHHv9mebd

Pubkey: 02f5bd4fab452b5b850d6131175d5d9ac64079fa230e6e68f6660d1ede80b02dd5
Address: 39tWyTGX4K75Z1Bni9nR2qHWVJjRU5wZRQ

I tried putting the private key generated by Electrum into bitaddress.org and it says "Invalid, version 130 not supported"...

You really need to read this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Change

and this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/coin_analogy

It will answer all your questions how and why this has happened (and why it will happen in the future).

I believe you need a BCH node... so you'll need to get BitcoinABC... and BE VERY CAREFUL where you install it to and what directory you tell it to use for it's DataDir, as by default, it will try to install to and use the same directories as Bitcoin Core

I hope you have ANOTHER 150gigs of free harddrive space

Once you have that fully synced you should be able to use Armory with it to create the transactions you need.

Might want to investigate this:
Seems like you might have run out of harddrive space where your Bitcoin Core datadir is...

You're in the wrong place... you need to contact the support people for the wallet you tried to transfer funds to. This is just a forum, a message board for the general public. It isn't related to any one particular service. It isn't likely that anyone here has access to the service provider you are using.

You'll need to put your address (NOT YOUR PRIVATE KEY) into a "verge" block explorer... try googling "verge block explorer"

what happens if, after you have done the login and got to the welcome screen, instead of clicking "continue", you type:
As the URL in the same browser window? Does it still log you out to the blockchain homepage? Or does it take you to the wallet dashboard?

Only 18 months after the ICO ended...

Ok... so Electrum wallet has three levels of password protection/encryption:

1. No password - Wallet file and ALL of it's contents are in plaintext - NOT RECOMMENDED

2. Password/No File Encryption - The important parts (private keys/seed) of the wallet are encrypted, rest is in plaintext - MINIMUM RECOMMENDED LEVEL

3. Password/Wallet File Encrypted - The important parts (private keys/seed) are encrypted AND then the whole file is encrypted - HCP's RECOMMENEDED LEVEL


With 1. - Anyone who gets a hold of your wallet file, can basically take all your coins
With 2. - Anyone who gets a hold of your wallet file, will only have access to addresses and transaction info... private keys/seeds are still encrypted... not ideal, but it should slow them down long enough to move all your coins to safety (assuming you have a decent password 10+ characters/numbers/symbols etc).
With 3. - Anyone who gets a hold of your wallet file has access to nothing (assuming you have a decent password 10+ characters/numbers/symbols etc)

I personally recommend 3... for "normal" Electrum wallets.

When used with a hardware wallet... you (currently) DON'T GET TO SET A PASSWORD. You run at Level 1.


As for which software to use, like I said... try them all out. There is nothing stopping you from trying Ledger Chrome app, Electrum or any of the other compatible wallets until you find the one you like the best.