Claiming pre-HardFork Bitcoins from paper wallet and Ledger Nano S

[kiragaz]

Hello.

I put my BTC befour HardFork to paper wallet.

I want to HODL BTC and BCH(for now) and put them on my new/clean Ledger Nano S .

So i have this idea,please tell me if this is SAFE and will work ok.

1. Can i transfer my BTC from paper wallet to Electrum(leaving BCH on paper wallet breafly)?

2. After this immediately transfer BTC from Electrum to Ledger Nano S .

3.Wipe out Electrum programm i used from my PC .

4. Install electroncash wallet on the same PC.

5. Transfer BCH from same paper wallet i transfered BTC to electroncash ,and the immediately from electroncash to same Ledger Nano S.

So basically split my pre-HF BTC and move them to Ledger wallets.

If i do what i said in 1 ,what is better to import or sweep privet key to Electrum wallet ?
And, if i sweep/import BTC from that paper wallet do i still have same ammount BCH there ?


Thank you in advance for you help.                                    Regards.

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[TryNinja]

Sweeping and importing are essentially the same thing. The only difference is that the sweep process skips the process of manually importing the wallet and it just sends all the coins to a new wallet.

1. Sweep or import and send your Bitcoins to a new wallet using Electrum. You will have the recently created wallet with BTC and your old one that still has BCH.
2. Download Electron Cash and import your paper wallet (that still has BCH). From there, send it to the wallet you want or keep it there.

if i sweep/import BTC from that paper wallet do i still have same ammount BCH there ?

If you sweep/import the paper wallet with Electrum, it will only send out your Bitcoins. The BCH will stay there.
To move the BCH, you will need a compatible wallet - like Electron Cash.

[kiragaz]

Sweeping and importing are essentially the same thing. The only difference is that the sweep process skips the process of manually importing the wallet and it just sends all the coins to a new wallet.

1. Sweep or import and send your Bitcoins to a new wallet using Electrum. You will have the recently created wallet with BTC and your old one that still has BCH.
2. Download Electron Cash and import your paper wallet (that still has BCH). From there, send it to the wallet you want or keep it there.

if i sweep/import BTC from that paper wallet do i still have same ammount BCH there ?

If you sweep/import the paper wallet with Electrum, it will only send out your Bitcoins. The BCH will stay there.
To move the BCH, you will need a compatible wallet - like Electron Cash.

Thank you for quick reply.

So what i wrote will work fine and secure?
 When i sweep my privet key from paper wallet to Electrum and send BTC to Electrum wallet -

 I steel have my BCH balance on my paper wallet i sended BTC befour?

 Do i have to wipe Electrum from my PC for installing Electroncash and transfering BCH from same paper wallet to electroncash wallet ?

[TryNinja]

So what i wrote will work fine and secure?
 When i sweep my privet key from paper wallet to Electrum and send BTC to Electrum wallet -

 I steel have my BCH balance on my paper wallet i sended BTC befour?

Yes. Only the Bitcoin will be sent to the new address.

Do i have to wipe Electrum from my PC for installing Electroncash and transfering BCH from same paper wallet to electroncash wallet ?

It's not really mandatory since the private key from the paper wallet will touch both softwares anyway. If you want to be safer, run Electron Cash in a different PC/Virtual Machine than the one that has your Bitcoin wallets.