Wallet.dat file - where is it in Copay, Exodus, Electrum & Jaxx in Windows? I would like to make sure thata I securely encrypt it for protection & to copy it somewhere else for a backup.
You should just follow the step-by-step from each wallet to backup them. Usually they will give you a seed phrase that can be used to restore your wallet in case of any problem. Electrum: save your backup seed if you are using a HD wallet or backup the wallet file inside the Electrum folder at %APPDATA%\Electrum\wallets Copay, Jaxx and Exodus: save your backup seed. I've already backed up the wallets and saved the back up seed but I would also like to encrypt the wallet again my own way just to be safer from someone trying to steal and hack my wallet. Electrum - ok, that one is easy to find the wallet file but not sure where to find it for Copay, Jaxx & Exodus. As I said, for most wallets, you should backup your seed as it's explained in every software and not necessarily copy a file. Copay: Go to Settings -> Wallets -> Choose your wallet -> More Options -> Export Wallet -> File/Text -> Set up a password -> Download. Jaxx: Click the Menu icon at the top right -> Tools -> Backup Wallet. Exodus: Go to the "Backup" screen and just follow the wizard. |
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You can't really do anything.
The maximum you can do is use a third party like ShapeShift or Evercoin to exchange a coin for another just by sending your coins to an address, without needing any registration.
That's the main reason some people just keep their coins in their exchanges, which may give you a quick profit in case of a fast change in the market, but is still dangerous, since you may lose your coins if the exchange fucks up.
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*facepalm* Yes of course, i should have actually known that   Yes, i have the seed. Do i just import it to a new electrum wallet on a different device? Yes. Your seed/private-key is just like the username+password of your Bitcoins. It doesn't matter where you stored the wallet file, just that you have access to this information so you can manage your coins wherever you want by importing them in any wallet software. |
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Almost every Bitcoin loaded debit card is provided by WaveCrest. AFAIK, the only one that is provided by a different company and won't face this limitations is the Golden Card from WageCan[1]. [1] https://wagecan.com/Pricing |
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So, does anyone know some good and trustworth mixers?
ChipMixer. I may be biased because of my signature, but you should take a time to read the ANN thread and understand their concept and why they are the best mixer in the market at the moment. ChipMixer creates Bitcoin addresses (chips) and funds them with specific sizes. There are chips with 0.001 BTC, 0.002 BTC, 0.004 BTC and so on till 4.096 BTC. When you deposit your Bitcoins, you receive same amount in chips. For example you deposit 0.112 BTC and you receive 0.064 + 0.032 + 0.016. Each chip was funded before your deposit, so there is no link between them and your deposit on blockchain. They are already anonymous. With each chip, you receive its private key, so you can spend them any time you want. [ANN] ChipMixer - mixing reinvented - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935098.0 |
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It can either take a whole week to get confirmed or maybe someone can see your post and manually insert your tx in the next block. A fee of 1.002 sat/byte will usually stay way at the bottom of the "queue" to get confirmed. Mainly because Bitcoinfees.21.co is recommending a fee of at least 420 sat/byte for a high priority transaction - 420x your fee.
I would say that there is a risk of your transaction never getting confirmed. But last time I said that for someone sending a fee of 5 sat/byte, the transaction got confirmed 2 days later. So, it's really unpredictable.
Hi Ninja, what happens if it does not get confirmed? what should we do? TIA! After a while without any confirmation, the tx will get dropped from the mempool and you will be able to spend the coins again just like you have never sent anything. In this case, just resend the same amount with a higher fee. |
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However, if I were to have the private key of a coin, wouldn't the person or in this case, CoinBase, also have access to that Private Key, in turn also having access to that Bit Coin? So I guess what I'm asking is if we both have the Private Key for a bit coin, what stops them from using it.
And that's why you shouldn't store your coins in a third party service. You should be the ONLY one having access to your private key. Or do the Private Keys change when sent through the Block Chain. Again, this is a concept that I am very fuzzy on. Thanks in advance.
Neither your private key or address changes. Your static private key will always control your static address. |
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For now, you can use the command "addwitnessaddress addr", where addr is an existing P2PKH or P2SH address of yours. It will construct a P2SH-P2WPKH or P2SH-P2WSH address with the same key/script, if known to be valid[1]. Obviously it would be better to wait until we have more user-friendly implementations from all main wallets if you are not an expert user.
[1] https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57832/how-to-generate-segwit-address |
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It can either take a whole week to get confirmed or maybe someone can see your post and manually insert your tx in the next block. A fee of 1.002 sat/byte will usually stay way at the bottom of the "queue" to get confirmed. Mainly because Bitcoinfees.21.co is recommending a fee of at least 420 sat/byte for a high priority transaction - 420x your fee.
I would say that there is a risk of your transaction never getting confirmed. But last time I said that for someone sending a fee of 5 sat/byte, the transaction got confirmed 2 days later. So, it's really unpredictable.
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Yes. By using any other BCH supported wallet that allows you to import your private keys from Electrum. You can find the most common ones in the Bitcoin Cash website[1]. [1] https://www.bitcoincash.org/ |
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Just don't create a Segwit address. Bitcoin is still the same as before, thus you are not required to use a Segwit supported wallet. The "legacy address" still coexists with the new Segwit format just like a multi-signature address can be used today.
Yeah but like i said, how do I know if I create a legacy address or a segwit address? Im using Bitcoin Core 0.14.2 and there is no "create segwit address" button, it's just the same good ol interface, so there's no separation between legacy and segwit, that is what is making me confused. There's not a clear way to do this in the GUI. AFAIK there is no indications on Core's gui on how to create a Segwit address. But you can do it by using the command "addwitnessaddress addr" where addr is an existing P2PKH or P2SH address of yours[1]. You can know your address is not a Segwit one because every Segwit address starts with a "3" (just like a multi-signature address). Because of that, I don't think you can differentiate a Segwit address from a regular P2SH multi-signature address. [1] https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57832/how-to-generate-segwit-address |
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Just don't create a Segwit address. Bitcoin is still the same as before, thus you are not required to use a Segwit supported wallet. The "legacy address" still coexists with the new Segwit format just like a multi-signature address can be used today.
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Yea,but i created it befour 1aug.
So i need to split coins .
Then, you should just follow the proccess to decrypt your private-key from the paper wallet. After you have access to the private key, follow this guide to have access to your coins from both chains: 1. Download Electrum and import the private key from your paper wallet. 2. Create a new different wallet and send all your coins from the paper wallet to your new one. 3. Now you have a wallet with BTC (the one you just created) and the old one from the paper wallet that still has BCH. 4. Download Electron Cash and import the same paper wallet private key from step 1 to manage your BCH. 5. Done! If you want to spend your BCC, use Electron Cash. If you want to spend your BTC, use Electrum. [1] https://electrum.org/#download[1] http://www.electroncash.org/ |
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I was emptying my legacy account today to send all the coins to a segwit account.
I realised that all the inputs sent to the same addresses (on legacy account) were than sent as separate inputs (although from the same addresses) to the new address. I wonder is this normal behaviour? It increased a lot already high fees. It would make sense to me that one address would be one input.
Is that just bad implementation of the wallet?
Inputs =/= Addresses. Every amount you receive separately is a new input. This means that if you receive 1 payment per day for 1 whole week, you will have 7 inputs at the end of the week, increasing the size of your transaction. |
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So is it still safe to transfer/receive btc with electrum 2.9.3 or does not having segwit support pose any risk of doing so?
You are ok. Segwit isn't a hard fork, so it's not required for you to have a Segwit supported wallet. If you don’t want to upgrade to segwit, you may simply continue to use any wallet that has not added segwit support. Even though you haven’t upgraded, you will be able to transact with both users who have upgraded to segwit and users who, like you, haven’t upgraded to segwit.
If you don’t upgrade, you may experience one difference: if someone who has upgraded to segwit pays you, your wallet may not show you the payment until after it has been included in a block. This is a safety feature that prevents your wallet from seeing transactions it doesn’t completely understand until they’ve been confirmed by a miner.
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/10/27/segwit-upgrade-guide/#not-upgrading-2 |
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Get your Bitcointalk UID - (you can do that by clicking on your name at any of your posts and looking at the end of the url) - and use the Bitcointalk Price Estimator[1] to fetch your account's information. It will show your Potential Activity and weeks left for your next rank. [1] https://www.bctalkaccountpricer.info/ |
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Wallet.dat file - where is it in Copay, Exodus, Electrum & Jaxx in Windows? I would like to make sure thata I securely encrypt it for protection & to copy it somewhere else for a backup.
You should just follow the step-by-step from each wallet to backup them. Usually they will give you a seed phrase that can be used to restore your wallet in case of any problem. Electrum: save your backup seed if you are using a HD wallet or backup the wallet file inside the Electrum folder at %APPDATA%\Electrum\wallets Copay, Jaxx and Exodus: save your backup seed. |
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I would suggest only providers that are shown and recommended in the PrivacyTools website. Others may be not that secure for users that really want privacy more than anything else. I had ProtonVPN (from ProtonMail) and NordVPN. [1] https://www.privacytools.io/#vpn |
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Try using https://gemini.com/. It is a much better way to buy Bitcoin with FIAT than Coinbase. Verification sometimes takes longer than usual, but it's overall the best Coinbase alternative. That site looks extremely generic, did they launch recently? Where are they headquartered? AFAIK Gemini is owned by the Winklevoss brothers. I also heard that they carry the highest grade US banking license and are FDIC insured. Because of that, I would say that Gemini is the more reliable and legit exchange you can think off. Read their "about us" page: https://gemini.com/about/ |
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I would like to request a vouch copy to review your method and confirm if you are legit.
Don't expect a lot of buyers to risk $30/$50 since you don't have any reputation.
Thank you.
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