[Solved] How to claim BTG from an Electrum wallet?

[clairette]

Thanks a lot to HCP for the detailed illustrated instructions, that helped a lot and I got all my BTG's. I exchanged them for BTC on Coinomi, thru Changelly exchange: there was quite some waiting time for the exchange to complete, but all is well now.

[mr.dimus]

Before Bitcoin Gold Fork i had some 0.01 BTC in my Electrum wallet. I moved away that fund only couple of two weeks ago.

I tried everything i can to claim my BTG:
Most notably using Coinomi wallet, and using their instructions https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000016909-i-didn-t-have-btc-in-coinomi-at-the-time-of-the-snapshot-how-do-i-claim-btg-. I imported the seed of my Electrum wallet restoring it in Coinomi,after i had made it empty for obvious security reasons.

This would not have worked correctly... Electrum seeds ARE NOT BIP39 compatible, with generally means that Electrum seeds ARE NOT COMPATIBLE with any other known wallet...

Is there any way that i can claim this BTG?

Yes, but it will need to be done manually... In your Electrum wallet, you need to go to your "Addresses" tab and look at ALL the addresses... receive and change... "used" and unused.

What you want to look for is all the addresses that you can find that has a non-zero "Tx" value... A non-zero "Tx" value means that the address MUST have received coins at some point:
https://i.imgur.com/259rzvA.png

Export the private key for EVERY address that has a non-zero TX value. Some of them may not have any BTG (as they might have been empty at the time of the fork), but if you export all of them, you're won't miss any coins Don't forget to look through all your "change" as well as "receive" addresses... including both "used" and "unused".

Then you simply import all the private keys into the BTG wallet of your choice... and your BTG should show up

I tried to claim BTG coins into Coinomi wallet using these instructions too and all addresses i tried resulted in the error of: "The private key does not contain any funds." Who can to help me pls?

[mr.dimus]

"The address has no funds"
There are multiple causes for that error
The address starts with a "3" and is protected by multisig or is a segwit address
We are hard at work implementing these advanced options and latest technologies into Coinomi. We will make an announcement once they are done.

[aessedai]

Before Bitcoin Gold Fork i had some 0.01 BTC in my Electrum wallet. I moved away that fund only couple of two weeks ago.

I tried everything i can to claim my BTG:
Most notably using Coinomi wallet, and using their instructions https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000016909-i-didn-t-have-btc-in-coinomi-at-the-time-of-the-snapshot-how-do-i-claim-btg-. I imported the seed of my Electrum wallet restoring it in Coinomi,after i had made it empty for obvious security reasons.

This would not have worked correctly... Electrum seeds ARE NOT BIP39 compatible, with generally means that Electrum seeds ARE NOT COMPATIBLE with any other known wallet...

Is there any way that i can claim this BTG?

Yes, but it will need to be done manually... In your Electrum wallet, you need to go to your "Addresses" tab and look at ALL the addresses... receive and change... "used" and unused.

What you want to look for is all the addresses that you can find that has a non-zero "Tx" value... A non-zero "Tx" value means that the address MUST have received coins at some point:
https://i.imgur.com/259rzvA.png

Export the private key for EVERY address that has a non-zero TX value. Some of them may not have any BTG (as they might have been empty at the time of the fork), but if you export all of them, you're won't miss any coins Don't forget to look through all your "change" as well as "receive" addresses... including both "used" and "unused".

Then you simply import all the private keys into the BTG wallet of your choice... and your BTG should show up

I keep seeing people say to export the private keys.  Export how?  Export to what?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you just have to pull up the private key, view the QR code and then scan that from Coinomi using your phone.  Nothing is exported, right?  That's more of an import?  Into Coinomi?  

I haven't tried it yet, but shouldn't it be as simple as starting a new Coinomi wallet, choosing the Restore option, then snapping a pic of the QR code from your Electrum Private Key, then adding Bitcoin Gold to Coinomi?

[TryNinja]

I keep seeing people say to export the private keys.  Export how?  Export to what?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you just have to pull up the private key, view the QR code and then scan that from Coinomi using your phone.  Nothing is exported, right?  That's more of an import?  Into Coinomi?  

I haven't tried it yet, but shouldn't it be as simple as starting a new Coinomi wallet, choosing the Restore option, then snapping a pic of the QR code from your Electrum Private Key, then adding Bitcoin Gold to Coinomi?

Right click your address in the Addresses tab (if the tab isn't showing: View -> Show Addresses) and select Private Key. Enter your wallet password (if you have any) and you should see your Private Key.

If you want to export your private key to claim your BTG in Coinomi, you can:

1. Click in the little QR code in right bottom part of the Electrum Private Key dialog.
2. Go to your Bitcoin Gold wallet in Coinomi.
3. Select Sweep Wallet and make sure "Receive with" is selected to Bitcoin Gold.
4. Scan your Private Key QR code and sweep your BTG to your Coinomi wallet.

[aessedai]

I keep seeing people say to export the private keys.  Export how?  Export to what?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you just have to pull up the private key, view the QR code and then scan that from Coinomi using your phone.  Nothing is exported, right?  That's more of an import?  Into Coinomi?  

I haven't tried it yet, but shouldn't it be as simple as starting a new Coinomi wallet, choosing the Restore option, then snapping a pic of the QR code from your Electrum Private Key, then adding Bitcoin Gold to Coinomi?

Right click your address in the Addresses tab (if the tab isn't showing: View -> Show Addresses) and select Private Key. Enter your wallet password (if you have any) and you should see your Private Key.

If you want to export your private key to claim your BTG in Coinomi, you can:

1. Click in the little QR code in right bottom part of the Electrum Private Key dialog.
2. Go to your Bitcoin Gold wallet in Coinomi.
3. Select Sweep Wallet and make sure "Receive with" is selected to Bitcoin Gold.
4. Scan your Private Key QR code and sweep your BTG to your Coinomi wallet.

Thanks, I will give this a shot.  Just one thing.  I have Coinomi installed, but no wallet set up yet.  Clean slate, fresh install.  Rather than sweep, can I click "Restore a wallet" on the first screen that pops up, then scan the QR code, then add in a bitcoin gold wallet (by hitting the COINS button) after the BTC wallet is created with my Electrum Private Key.  If any of that makes sense.

Or, should I set up a new wallet from scratch, go into the bitcoin gold wallet and do the sweep?

Sorry if I sound somewhat newbish.  It's because I don't want to click anything in Coinomi until I know for sure the route to take, so I can't see beyond the first screen.

[TryNinja]

Thanks, I will give this a shot.  Just one thing.  I have Coinomi installed, but no wallet set up yet.  Clean slate, fresh install.  Rather than sweep, can I click "Restore a wallet" on the first screen that pops up, then scan the QR code, then add in a bitcoin gold wallet after the BTC wallet is created with my Electrum Private Key.  I thought I saw a way to add the bitcoin gold wallet after somewhere, by choosing a currency type to add, but I don't know where I saw that now.  If any of that makes sense.

No. You can't import a Electrum seed nor a single private key into Coinomi.

Or, should I set up a new wallet from scratch, go into the bitcoin gold wallet and do the sweep?

That's what you should do. Create a new wallet from Coinomi (don't forget to save your seed), and them do the BTG sweep.

[aessedai]

That's what you should do. Create a new wallet from Coinomi (don't forget to save your seed), and them to the BTG sweep.

Thank you so much!  That worked perfectly!  I'm rich now! 

Do you think it's safe to leave it in Coinomi now?  That swept it from my previous private key in Electrum to a new private key in Coinomi, if I understand it right.  Right?  So I shouldn't have to go sending it to a new address or anything, right?

Thanks!  You're awesome!

[TryNinja]

Do you think it's safe to leave it in Coinomi now?  That swept it from my previous private key in Electrum to a new private key in Coinomi, if I understand it right.  Right?

Yes. You basically sent your BTG from your Electrum address to a new address created by your Coinomi wallet.

So I shouldn't have to go sending it to a new address or anything, right?

Honestly, I would trust Coinomi more than all the other BTG wallets currently available in the Bitcoin Gold website.

If you have a Trezor/Ledger Nano S, store your coins there. If not, keep them in your Coinomi wallet if you plan to hold, or send them to an exchange if you plan to sell.

Thanks!  You're awesome!

Always glad to help

[aessedai]

have a Trezor/Ledger Nano S, store your coins there. If not, keep them in your Coinomi wallet if you plan to hold, or send them to an exchange if you plan to sell.

Ah! I didn't think of that.  I have a Trezor.  I haven't even looked into setting up currencies other than bitcoin in it.  Good idea.  I plan on just holding onto the BTG for a while. 

[ThomasAnderson7]

Can someone help me extracting my Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet step by step on Skype? I can offer 7% of the amount of Bitcoin Gold I manage to extract in return (not much, 7% of like 2,15, but it's still money), I find this process really difficult and I don't wanna lose my Bitcoin Gold

[rjg20000]

Im in the same boat with the 2FA Electrum wallet and BTG. I think at this point its best to wait until Coinomi releases support for the import.

[HCP]

It *is* doable... it just isn't a straightforward "point and click" exercise... you need to find all the UTXOs contained in each 2FA address and manually create and sign a transaction to move these UTXOs to the BTG wallet address of your choice (personal wallet or exchange etc). This means typing in a bunch of commands on the Electrum and BitcoinGold Core wallet consoles.

It also means that you need to have the BitcoinGold "Core" wallet downloaded, installed and fully synced.

[Spendulus]

Can someone help me extracting my Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet step by step on Skype? I can offer 7% of the amount of Bitcoin Gold I manage to extract in return (not much, 7% of like 2,15, but it's still money), I find this process really difficult and I don't wanna lose my Bitcoin Gold

I suggest you take one private key with a small balance as of the 10-24 date, and work only with that one key. Get it done and verify success.

Then do another.

Really, there is no rush.

Otherwise, wait and expect that better means to retrieve the coins will become available. Think about it. If the BTG developers want to success, they need people to be able to get their coins and use them.

[Lisander]

Thank you for gide, now I will hold BTG while it grows enough.

[ThomasAnderson7]

Can someone help me extracting my Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet step by step on Skype? I can offer 7% of the amount of Bitcoin Gold I manage to extract in return (not much, 7% of like 2,15, but it's still money), I find this process really difficult and I don't wanna lose my Bitcoin Gold

I can pay you guys, I will not take a lot of your time, just half an hour for 7% of my BTG (2,15), please, help me on Skype, hit me a PM

[JaydenClayton5]

Can someone help me extracting my Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet step by step on Skype? I can offer 7% of the amount of Bitcoin Gold I manage to extract in return (not much, 7% of like 2,15, but it's still money), I find this process really difficult and I don't wanna lose my Bitcoin Gold

I can pay you guys, I will not take a lot of your time, just half an hour for 7% of my BTG (2,15), please, help me on Skype, hit me a PM

I'm offering a service to extract Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet, I'll take only 5% of the recovered BTG as a tip. The whole process it's very complicated and risky, yes, and requires a lot of time but it's doable, I will take care of everything, if you are interested hit me a PM or add me on Skype: jayden82@greenmail.net

I suggest you to do this, before BTG actually fails, as everyone are saying sell ASAP, so contact me and I'll take care of you. You won't even need to download the entire blockchain of the BTG Core Wallet, I will send BTG to a Coinomi wallet of yours if you wanna hodl them or to an exchange if you wanna sell them (if you are not pratical I can help with this too, don't worry).

P.S. Before you do this, you have to empty your Bitcoin Wallet from Bitcoin sending them to a brand NEW wallet, same with Bitcoin Cash, send them to a new Electron or another BCH wallet, so when you have to extract the BTG the wallet has to be empty from BTC and BCH

If you don't trust I can walk you through step by step

[HCP]

I'm offering a service to extract Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet, I'll take only 5% of the recovered BTG as a tip. The whole process it's very complicated and risky, yes, and requires a lot of time but it's doable

Complicated in so much that it requires you to restore your 2FA wallet with 2FA disabled, get the xprvs from the wallet file, find the addresses that contain coins, then collect redeem scripts, scriptpubkeys, vouts etc for the UTXOs controlled by those addresses and then manually create a transaction in BTG Core and then sign it with the appropriate private keys generated from the xprvs... Risky? Not really, the only risk involved is that you get your "fee" calculation wrong and spend more than you should on fees or you put the BTG address in wrong and send your coins to the wrong place

If you screw anything else up, chances are that BTG Core will just reject your command with an error and you can try again.

I walked thomasanderson7 through this process on skype yesterday... took maybe an hour to demonstrate the process with one address. He then did the rest himself.


NOTE: If you're going to do it yourself, you need to have BTG Core downloaded, installed and fully synced.

[starpro]

I haven't got my bitcoin gold but reading all of the conversation here it makes me think that it's totally complicated. Is there any other easy way?

[HCP]

I haven't got my bitcoin gold but reading all of the conversation here it makes me think that it's totally complicated. Is there any other easy way?

If it's in an Electrum 2FA or MultiSig wallet (ie. "3" addresses)... No.

If it's just a "standard wallet" that is generating "1" addresses... Yes.