Claiming BTC Gold After Transfering BTC

[eucalyptus]

Guys I wanna ask you a question before doing it. Before BTC gold fork, I transferred my bitcoins to electrum. So I have my private keys. I havent claimed btc gold yet. Because there is no official btc gold wallet yet. What if I transfer my bitcoins to bittrex for example? My bitcoins will be in bittrex account and my wallet will be empty. Can I claim btc gold with my private keys? I mean is it possible to claim btc gold without bitcoins in your wallet?

[dothebeats]

Yes, as long as the address you previously used contained some bitcoins before, during and after the fork, then you'd still receive BTG. Also it's adviseable to empty all addresses first before claiming your BTG so as to prevent your funds being compromised. I doubt there would be any wallet BTG team will release in the future since it seems that they are slowly abandoning the fork.

[p3rplexamous]

Based on my understanding with BTG, there is a chance if you send coins after the fork to a new wallet address, it could unintentionally send BTG along with BTC.  If you control both wallets (the address sending funds from, and sending funds to) you should be able to access BTG no matter what.  How that comes into play when sending to an exchange is another story, as you do not technically own your private keys.  If you want to play it safe, wait until resources come out to split BTG and BTC prior to moving funds.

[dothebeats]

Based on my understanding with BTG, there is a chance if you send coins after the fork to a new wallet address, it could unintentionally send BTG along with BTC.  If you control both wallets (the address sending funds from, and sending funds to) you should be able to access BTG no matter what.  How that comes into play when sending to an exchange is another story, as you do not technically own your private keys.  If you want to play it safe, wait until resources come out to split BTG and BTC prior to moving funds.

That would be a major hassle and not worth the risk if you're a trader since it seems that BTG developments have completely stalled and we haven't heard much from their dev team. There only exist a single way to claim BTG, and I think that alone isn't worth it as of now. The fork was a complete mayhem all in all.