I wanted to transfer BCH to a new wallet after the August fork. So on a different machine (Ubuntu) I installed Bitcoin ABC and synced with the Blockchain. On the original Bitcoin core I exported the private keys and afterward imported them to the newly installed Bitcoin ABC, pretty much as decribed here:
https://medium.com/@tmontgomery98/accessing-bitcoin-cash-24704a16a1a4I expected the transaction appear in the ledger identical to the former ledger in Bitcoin core, but some strange things happened:
Some entries emerged with a different date/time than in the original ledger
There was an extra transaction spending some bitcoin (about 0.05) to an obviously valid address (confirmed more tha a thousend times, the client tells me). The amount spent was exactly the amount needed to bring the balance to zero after that suspicious transaction.
Next in the ledger I had reveived a little less than 1 bitcoin and a little later spent somewhat more than one. After that the balance shoult have been still above zero, but actually that very last transaction showed up with only the amount to bring the balance to zero, seemingly because the balance can never be negative.
Now I am very reluctant to import the very last private key, which should receive about 2 Bitcoin just before the fork.
Does anyone have an Idea, what could have happened with this additional transaction? I didn't recognize any compromizing of the blockchain so far. (I have screenshots of both ledgers, but I am reluctant to post them)
Should I add, that after the fork and before the just mentioned procedure I transferred the original BTC to a new address to a different wallet on yet a third machine, where they emerged just fine in the expected amount.
With kind Regards - Lupus
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