Bitcoin Cash from Electrum

[xristos4]

Guys, i am now getting in the process to claim my BCC, but since i have Electrum, this is turning out to be very difficult for me.

this is what i found:
i need to transfer my BTC from my Electrum wallet A to an ELectrum wallet B, to be safe that any BCC wallet doesnt have access to my BTC.

Now, if i try to send it as a payment, electrum will charge me a stupid amount for the lowest fee setting. i am trying to do a test send receive from wallet A to wallet B, of a few euros (5 for example), and electrum will charge me 11 euros to do the transaction.

I ve read somewhere that supposedly, if i export from one wallet (A) and import to another (B), that will save me some fees. but in electrum i only see a Sweep function instead of import. also, when i click export, it generates a .csv file with a lot of addresses and keys (if i understand correctly). which one of those do i put into the sweep window? After sweeping, will i have control of all my BTC? I still cant understand if that sweep function will get me into a technical headache later. after this, i’ve read, i should be using the electrum wallet B and the BCC software (wallet A isnt necessary any more).

as you have guessed, i have no experience whatsoever with these transactions. i could just install that electron cash and just put the wallet A seed in and be over with it, but i’d rather not, because i prefer being a bit safer.

again, any help is appreciated.

[kolloh]

Guys, i am now getting in the process to claim my BCC, but since i have Electrum, this is turning out to be very difficult for me.

this is what i found:
i need to transfer my BTC from my Electrum wallet A to an ELectrum wallet B, to be safe that any BCC wallet doesnt have access to my BTC.

Now, if i try to send it as a payment, electrum will charge me a stupid amount for the lowest fee setting. i am trying to do a test send receive from wallet A to wallet B, of a few euros (5 for example), and electrum will charge me 11 euros to do the transaction.

I ve read somewhere that supposedly, if i export from one wallet (A) and import to another (B), that will save me some fees. but in electrum i only see a Sweep function instead of import. also, when i click export, it generates a .csv file with a lot of addresses and keys (if i understand correctly). which one of those do i put into the sweep window? After sweeping, will i have control of all my BTC? I still cant understand if that sweep function will get me into a technical headache later. after this, i’ve read, i should be using the electrum wallet B and the BCC software (wallet A isnt necessary any more).

as you have guessed, i have no experience whatsoever with these transactions. i could just install that electron cash and just put the wallet A seed in and be over with it, but i’d rather not, because i prefer being a bit safer.

again, any help is appreciated.

You will need to send the funds from wallet A to wallet B without doing any sort of import. If you import, you end up with the same keys in the new wallet which won't protect your coins and therefore would be no different then leaving them in the original wallet.

Unfortunately, the fees are really high right now so it could be expensive to send the funds especially if you have a lot of small inputs.

[jackg]

Guys, i am now getting in the process to claim my BCC, but since i have Electrum, this is turning out to be very difficult for me.

this is what i found:
i need to transfer my BTC from my Electrum wallet A to an ELectrum wallet B, to be safe that any BCC wallet doesnt have access to my BTC.

Now, if i try to send it as a payment, electrum will charge me a stupid amount for the lowest fee setting. i am trying to do a test send receive from wallet A to wallet B, of a few euros (5 for example), and electrum will charge me 11 euros to do the transaction.

I ve read somewhere that supposedly, if i export from one wallet (A) and import to another (B), that will save me some fees. but in electrum i only see a Sweep function instead of import. also, when i click export, it generates a .csv file with a lot of addresses and keys (if i understand correctly). which one of those do i put into the sweep window? After sweeping, will i have control of all my BTC? I still cant understand if that sweep function will get me into a technical headache later. after this, i’ve read, i should be using the electrum wallet B and the BCC software (wallet A isnt necessary any more).

as you have guessed, i have no experience whatsoever with these transactions. i could just install that electron cash and just put the wallet A seed in and be over with it, but i’d rather not, because i prefer being a bit safer.

again, any help is appreciated.

You will need to send the funds from wallet A to wallet B without doing any sort of import. If you import, you end up with the same keys in the new wallet which won't protect your coins and therefore would be no different then leaving them in the original wallet.

Unfortunately, the fees are really high right now so it could be expensive to send the funds especially if you have a lot of small inputs.

If you're using something like electron cash. Then you can robaably get away without sending the coins anywhere as sending the coins gives quite a high fee. I fyou only have a small amount like 5 euros worth, a hacker probably wouldn't be as interested in that as they would larger amounts.

[xristos4]

thanx guys. i dont have only a 5 BTC euro but i was going to send that amount for testing purposes. will either put the seed in an online wallet and be done with it, or send the coins to wallet B even with the high fees.

again, much appreciated.