ELI5, how do I claim my BCH if I had BTC during the hard fork?

[ConnyH]

Hi!

I’m a complete newbie when it comes to bitcoins so please keep that in mind when you respond 🙂

Since a couple of years ago, I’ve had a small amount of bitcoins in an Armory wallet, and now when bitcoins started to skyrocket in price I’ve been selling off them gradually. I recently heard about Bitcoin Cash and that it also was worth quite alot of money, and someone told me that if I had bitcoins before the hard-fork, I should also have the same amount of bitcoin cash (that I had during the hard fork) somewhere.

Is this true? If so, how can I safely get those bitcoin cash without risking to lose my ”regular” bitcoins? As I said, I’m a complete noob so please try to explain like I’m five 🙂

[Peg]

How about BTG ?

[Holliday]

There is a sticky in this sub-forum regarding splitting your BCH.

Armory does not yet support signing for BTG, but apparently it is on goatpig's agenda.

[ConnyH]

How about BTG ?

I guess this also can be done with BTG, but first I want to do it with BCH

There is a sticky in this sub-forum regarding splitting your BCH.

Armory does not yet support signing for BTG, but apparently it is on goatpig's agenda.

Thanks for the reply! I guess you mean the thread "Using Armory on the BCH chain"?
I've read the first couple of posts, but since I'm a complete newbie I didn't really understand that much (will read it again though). Is it completely safe (i.e. is there a slight chance that I fuck up and somehow lose my regular BTC?)?

[PhoenixFire]

Thanks for the reply! I guess you mean the thread "Using Armory on the BCH chain"?
I've read the first couple of posts, but since I'm a complete newbie I didn't really understand that much (will read it again though). Is it completely safe (i.e. is there a slight chance that I fuck up and somehow lose my regular BTC?)?

That'd be the thread, but you should also read up elsewhere online about how it works, and the differences between BCH and BTC.
Should be "safe" as long as you use Armory to split and make sure you sign with the BCH signer. Do not expose your private keys.

[ConnyH]

That'd be the thread, but you should also read up elsewhere online about how it works, and the differences between BCH and BTC.
Should be "safe" as long as you use Armory to split and make sure you sign with the BCH signer. Do not expose your private keys.

Thanks! I will try to read as much as I can as well as posting in that thread instead. When I say I'm a newbie, I literally mean I don't know anything about this stuff. As I said I've had bitcoins in an armory wallet for a couple of years, and I know how to send my bitcoins and how to restore my wallet from my paper backup. That's it. I have no idea what a "signer" is (but I read in the other thread that I need to use the BCH signer) and I barely know what my private keys are (and thus, have no idea how to expose or not expose my private keys). Thanks for your help, I will try to read up a little bit more