@LoyceV, recent vanitygen defaults to compressed addresses, as early as 2013. Maybe people are downloading old versions or something.
@OP, if you really have > 2 BTC, you can afford to learn more about how BTC works, and it would not be a bad idea to install the reference client Bitcoin Core. If you don't have the space, maybe now is a good time to upgrade your hard drive or computer.
Also, avoid that cross posting, the bulls in that other thread have horns, and the bears have really big teeth.
It's strange, I consider myself a bit of an expert on most things Bitcoin. In terms of security and wallet management etc. I have just never come up against this before. I normally just sweep cold wallets into an online wallet when needed.
Thanks for the advice regarding the WO. I have been on the site since 2013 just recently had my account hacked. (Wish i paid as much attention to account security as I do to my BTC, at least its not the other way around.
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