LoyceV's Bitcoin Fork claiming guide (and service)

[LoyceV]

Have you considered adding CLAMS to the list? While not really a fork of bitcoin, every bitcoin address above a certain (very small) balance in May 2014 received a fixed amount of CLAMS in an airdrop

The CLAM airdrop happened before I was into crypto. I can't speak from personal experience, so I won't add it to the OP.
I'll add this here though:

Every person who had Bitcoin at block 300,377, Litecoin at block 565,693, or Dogecoin at block 218,556 was given ~4.6 CLAM.  
Yes, it is still waiting on chain for you

This is currently worth $28 per address which held more than just dust.

(like BTX, but there wasn't some form to claim it, the airdrop was entirely on-chain and all the outputs exist already)

BitCore (BTX) used airdrop after entering a signed message into a form, but that ended. Their current airdrop dropped to existing Bitcoin addresses with a balance of 0.01BTC or more. So it's kinda like what CLAMs did, although it depends on your balance instead of a fixed amount per address.

The amount is worthwhile and a few of my friends were surprised to find they had hundreds of dollars hiding in their old wallets when I told them about it, so it may be a useful addition to this list even though it's ancient.

That's always a nice surprise! Remember: satoshi recommended never to delete a wallet.

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[aTriz]

Very informative + merit!

[LoyceV]

From another thread:

Updated to add an awesome new website I found to check for forked coins- http://www.findmycoins.ninja/

I've added this link to the OP. It's the most complete Fork Checker I've seen so far.

Wallet Bitpie has a build in exchange. I have successfully used it to convert Forkcoins into Bitcoins. It takes 0.3mBTC fee to withdraw back to your wallet, after that you can use the minimum fee of 0.1mBTC to send it out of Bitpie.
Just like any exchange that accepts deposits, the exchange rates are much lower than the average on CMC.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I have claimed BCH, BTG & BTX. Just tried to claim Bitcoin Diamond via Bither but it says balance 0.00. Presume the last time I moved my stash coins was before the BTCD fork. Think I’ve got a lot of money to claim in forks post BTG. I wasn’t going to bother because I don’t like getting coins out of cold storage. Looks like I’m going to have to.

Edit - By the way that Ninja Find Coins service is fucking awesome

[teddy5145]

Is it normal for Bitcoin Forks to have zero to no information at all ?
From the website you shared, Loyce. Apparently I have coins ranging from "Bitcoin Community" "Bitcoin Hot" "Bitcoin Top",etc
I tried to find wallet or exchange for these coins with no avail, Coinmarketcap have no information about it and the only exchange I can find for it were from Yobit (which I hate due to its customer support)

Have you considered adding CLAMS to the list? While not really a fork of bitcoin, every bitcoin address above a certain (very small) balance in May 2014 received a fixed amount of CLAMS in an airdrop

The CLAM airdrop happened before I was into crypto. I can't speak from personal experience, so I won't add it to the OP.
I'll add this here though:

Every person who had Bitcoin at block 300,377, Litecoin at block 565,693, or Dogecoin at block 218,556 was given ~4.6 CLAM. 
Yes, it is still waiting on chain for you

This is currently worth $28 per address which held more than just dust.

Funny enough, when CLAM airdrop first started many users on Bitcointalk would beg for other people's unused private keys
Some even wanted to buy it for a few dollars

[LoyceV]

I have claimed BCH, BTG & BTX. Just tried to claim Bitcoin Diamond via Bither but it says balance 0.00. Presume the last time I moved my stash coins was before the BTCD fork.[/q

Can you share the address you were trying to claim, so I can have a look?

Is it normal for Bitcoin Forks to have zero to no information at all ?

If it's not much more than a copy/paste project, that doesn't surprise me.

From the website you shared, Loyce. Apparently I have coins ranging from "Bitcoin Community" "Bitcoin Hot" "Bitcoin Top",etc
I tried to find wallet or exchange for these coins with no avail, Coinmarketcap have no information about it and the only exchange I can find for it were from Yobit (which I hate due to its customer support)

There are many Forkcoins without working wallet/exchange, that's why I don't mention them.

Funny enough, when CLAM airdrop first started many users on Bitcointalk would beg for other people's unused private keys
Some even wanted to buy it for a few dollars

People are still trying to buy used private keys, either for tax purposes (to claim "capital gains") or to claim forks and airdrops.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

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[LoyceV]

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You moved the Bitcoin balance in block 495261.

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You moved the Bitcoin balance in block 495208.

Bitcoin Diamond forked at block 495866, by then these addresses were empty already.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I’m in the middle of syncing the entire blockchain on a new laptop again so I can move my coins to claim forks 4 to 9 in the OP (I do this every time). Can anybody confirm re: BCW it’s 10,000 BCW per bitcoin you had at the time of the fork not 1000?

Source 1 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvlEoX0Tgym3mKYw9OZOrrDj4LSc73gCgUwa3BLFMOg/

Source 2 - http://www.findmycoins.ninja

I hope so any way, can’t wait to get my filthy hands on all that & convert it into bitcoin. BCD looks noce atm too.

[Raimonn]

I’m in the middle of syncing the entire blockchain on a new laptop again so I can move my coins to claim forks 4 to 9 in the OP (I do this every time). Can anybody confirm re: BCW it’s 10,000 BCW per bitcoin you had at the time of the fork not 1000?

Source 1 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvlEoX0Tgym3mKYw9OZOrrDj4LSc73gCgUwa3BLFMOg/

Source 2 - http://www.findmycoins.ninja

I hope so any way, can’t wait to get my filthy hands on all that & convert it into bitcoin. BCD looks noce atm too.

Yes, BCW its 10.000 units per Bitcoin. I have sold some on bitpie.

[LoyceV]

I’m in the middle of syncing the entire blockchain on a new laptop again so I can move my coins to claim forks 4 to 9 in the OP (I do this every time).

Why don't you copy the blockchain from your old laptop, and let your newly downloaded Bitcoin Core rescan it to be absolutely sure it's not compromised? It saves you a 170 GB download.

Can anybody confirm re: BCW it’s 10,000 BCW per bitcoin you had at the time of the fork not 1000?

You're right, I did know that, but wrote it down incorrectly. Thanks, I've updated the table.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I’m in the middle of syncing the entire blockchain on a new laptop again so I can move my coins to claim forks 4 to 9 in the OP (I do this every time). Can anybody confirm re: BCW it’s 10,000 BCW per bitcoin you had at the time of the fork not 1000?

Source 1 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvlEoX0Tgym3mKYw9OZOrrDj4LSc73gCgUwa3BLFMOg/

Source 2 - http://www.findmycoins.ninja

I hope so any way, can’t wait to get my filthy hands on all that & convert it into bitcoin. BCD looks noce atm too.

Yes, BCW its 10.000 units per Bitcoin. I have sold some on bitpie.

Do you have any instructions or quick tips on how you did that?
Is it as simple as use Bither to import the private keys associated with BCW, send to Bitpie & exchange for bitcoin?

Edit - Just saw in the OP Loyce explaining exactly what I thought.

[LoyceV]

Do you have any instructions or quick tips on how you did that?

In this message I only mentioned the fees.
It's a straight forward process, but it seems to be more work and steps than it could have been.

Sell Forkcoins on Bitpie
1. Use Bither to import the private key, and send the Forkcoins one by one to it's deposit address in your Bitpie wallet (wait for confirmation)
2. Switch to Bitpie
3. Click Exchange (at the bottom).
4. Select the Forkcoin (say BCD/BTC) (at the top)
5. Click Sell
6. Click Deposit, this brings you to Pie Bank
7. Click Deposit, now you Deposit BCD from Pie Wallet to Pie Bank (wait for confirmations)
8. Go back (to the Exchange), click 100%, click Sell
You now have Bitcoins
9. To withdraw them, click on Buy, then click Deposit. This brings you to Pie Bank again. Click Withdraw to send your Bitcoin from Pie Bank to Pie Wallet (wait for confirmation).
10. Go back to your Wallet, choose BTC, click Send and send it to your normal wallet. Set Miner fee options to -2 for 0.0001BTC fee, this is more then enough at current fees. Bitpie can't go lower than this.

After writing this down, it's not straight forward at all, it's an annoying amount of work for something this simple

[LoyceV]

Well worth it though for BCW especially atm

BCW isn't worth much: 1 Satoshi per BCW in Pie Exchange, that makes it 0.0001BTC per Bitcoin you owned when it forked. Do you see a different exchange rate somewhere?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Well worth it though for BCW especially atm

BCW isn't worth much: 1 Satoshi per BCW in Pie Exchange, that makes it 0.0001BTC per Bitcoin you owned when it forked. Do you see a different exchange rate somewhere?

Oh am I wrong?

$0.13 per BCW - https://quantco.in/coin/btw

10,000 per bitcoin that you had at the time of the fork?

[LoyceV]

$0.13 per BCW - https://quantco.in/coin/btw

Let me know if you can deposit to any exchange that offers that rate!
My experience with Forkcoins is that the exchanges with high rates live in their own hyped bubble. See Forkcoin price difference between exchange with or without accepting deposits.

[Aegean Skipper]

Very helpful thread

An addition to your list is the Bitcoin Private BTCP
It double forked from ZCL and BTC at February 28th, 2018 in a ratio of 1:1
 
BTCP can be claimed with an Electrum wallet, following the usual procedures as in any similar fork

More details can be found here
https://support.btcprivate.org/358345-Bitcoin-Private-Electrum-Wallet---How-to-install-the-Wallet

Hope to helped
Keep it running LoyceV

[LoyceV]

An addition to your list is the Bitcoin Private BTCP

It's not listed on Coinmarketcap, it seems to be traded only on Trade Satoshi, where it has the highest volume of all coins. There are several scam accusations against Trade Satoshi on this forum, so I'm not in a rush to try their exchange.

[LoyceV]

Someone asked me about forks with SegWit addresses, and I have no idea how to answer that.
A quote (I'll leave out the username for privacy) from the PM:

Most recently the issue I have is when I input a private key from an address holding a small amount of fork coins into Bither the public address is not the segwit address listed from Iancoleman tool extract or the address listed in the Nano S and no balance is shown.

Has anyone tried this?

[Raimonn]

Someone asked me about forks with SegWit addresses, and I have no idea how to answer that.
A quote (I'll leave out the username for privacy) from the PM:

Most recently the issue I have is when I input a private key from an address holding a small amount of fork coins into Bither the public address is not the segwit address listed from Iancoleman tool extract or the address listed in the Nano S and no balance is shown.

Has anyone tried this?

Its not possible to get forked coins importing segwit addresses private keys on Bither, because Bither wallet don't support segwit addresses yet. He/She can try on Coinomi wallet, but Coinomi has less forks.