Wonderful, thanks very much to both of you for the help.

OK thanks. I don't really get how people are still apparently trading it if the software isn't released, but maybe it's futures trading or something?  Anyway I was just curious, it doesn't affect me.

One more question:  I have read that the BTG fork occurred at block 491,407.   Could you confirm that the "Height" in Electrum's Coins view shows the the block that the transaction happened in, and thus that the following means that I bought my BTC at block 491,325, and am therefore definitely OK to get BTG?

 (Edit: I guess I'm not allowed to embed pictures.)

I intended to buy BTC to invest before the BTG fork so I would get both and (hopefully) have more total value, and it looks like I cut it much finer than I expected in terms of getting in before the fork!  I had thought it was happening October 25th or Nov 1st, but apparently I got in only 82 blocks before it happened.  I guess that's still a few hours in terms of time, but still much closer than I intended.

Hi all

I'm in the same situation as the OP - I have BTC from before the fork (literally just before - I bought it on October 23rd) in an Electrum wallet, and I wanted to know how to claim my BTG.

I'm a bit confused about whether or not the fork has happened?  People in this thread are saying it won't fully happen until Nov 1st, and that's what I had expected when I bought my BTC.  But then today I read an article on CNBC (it won't let me link it, but it's first on Google search for "bitcoin gold") saying "Bitcoin Gold price plunges", and I then checked CoinMarketCap and they show a price graph for BTG, starting October 24th, which must indicate trading?

So if the fork doesn't go live until Nov 1st, how are people trading it already since October 24th?

I guess it doesn't really matter - I don't actually want to trade BTG right now, so as long as there will definitely be a way for me to get access to my BTG after Nov 1st, that's fine.  I'm just a bit confused as to what exactly has happened so far, and would be grateful for further clarification.

Thanks