Is this thought process correct?

In order to claim coins from a fork you need to have the address and private key of where the coins were at the time of the fork, not were they are now. The fork location private key / address combo is still valid for claiming the new fork coins even if the BTC have since moved to a new address and or private key. Correct?

If the above is true, then I could protect my current BTC from a malice fork wallet by moving them from Etherium to the Nano S, thus associating them with both a new address and a new private key.  Then I could use the original address and private key (the one from the time of the fork) with the fork wallets.  This would protect the BTC and allow me to claim the fork coins.  Correct?

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Hello all,

I was able to import my bitcoin core private key from my old wallet into electrum and now my balance is correct.  Woohoo! thanks everyone for your advice.

Now, I'd like to get them to my Ledger Nano S, but i'm not sure if I need to claim my Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold coins first or after the move to the Nano.

I like the idea of moving them to the Nano first but I'm confused as to whether or not sending the coins will prevent me from being able to claim the new coins.

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TryNinja,

Understood. 

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Bob123,

Thanks for the info, I'll try importing the key.

Sellingaccs,

Are you saying the Electron Cash wallet is trusted for claiming the fork coins?

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Sellingaccs,

Would importing the key into a Ledger Nano S work the same?  It has wallets for BTC as well as Bitcoin Cash and Gold?

I followed what Ranochigo recommended and i'm missing a few inputs (I only used a single address), should importing the key into a new wallet correct the issue of missing inputs?

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Sellingaccs,

My BTC were in the v0.8.5 wallet at the time of the Bitcoin Cash fork.  Will moving my key to a new wallet impact my ability to claim Bitcoin Cash and Gold coins?

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Ranochigo,

I don't think I imported it, I just copied the wallet folder from one PC to another.

I'm missing two of seven inputs and the missing ones add up to the missing BTC.

Are the missing inputs recoverable?

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Hi all.  I’m trying to recover BTC from a v0.8.5 Bitcoin Core wallet.

After copying the wallet off an old computer and letting it resync I sent two test ( .01) transactions to a new wallet.  I neglected to add a transaction fee to the first.  The second I sent with a .0001250 transaction fee.  After a week, neither were confirmed.  Frustrated, I then upgraded the wallet to v0.16.0.  Unfortunately, after the upgrade the wallet’s BTC balance is lower than it should be. It’s missing more that the total of the two stuck transactions.

Viewing the address on Blockchain.info shows the correct balance.

I’m not sure if the wallet upgrade itself or upgrading with pending transaction was the problem but I’m looking for advice on how to proceed?  Should I try sweeping or importing the key into a new wallet or first try to accelerate the transactions to get them confirmed? 

Any thoughts?

Thanks