How many confirmed bitcoin forks are there?

[jerry0]

I claimed bitcoin cash with electron cash not that long ago thanks to the help of posters like HCP here on this forum and tryninja.


I know there is bitcoin gold and bitcoin sv.  But what about those other bitcoin forks that were talked about a long time ago?  Is bitcoin private real or not?  I know there were like another 10 bitcoin forks a while back but no idea if those are even legit or not.

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[Pmalek]

According to one source there are 45 different projects that are currently active and have their own up and running blockchains. Many others are dead or no longer active, some other were airdrops to holders of bitcoin.

Take a look at this source for more info:
https://forkdrop.io/how-many-bitcoin-forks-are-there

[TryNinja]

Most of them are worthless, thus they aren’t really worth your time. I suggest that you stick with the main forks and that’s it. There are so many fake forks with infected wallets that it’s actually a risk trying to get them.

I myself only “claimed” my BCH (and dumped it in the market ).

[HCP]

"Confirmed" probably isn't the right word... there have been a lot of forks, some "successful", some "failures", some were just outright scams.

To my knowledge... the list of "surviving" forks would be whatever is showing in the top 100 on coinmarketcap:
Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin SV
Bitcoin Gold
Bitcoin Diamond

Anything else is likely trash, failed or simply a scam... and even two (all?) of this list are relatively worthless

[jerry0]

HCP, did you claim bitcoin diamond diamond and private fork?  If so, where was your btc at the time of those forks?  I had btc in electrum when both of those happened when i look at the dates of those forks.


Which program did you use and which you suggest if i do it now?

[TryNinja]

You could “claim” them with Bither and Bitpie: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@olsm/how-to-claim-bitcoin-diamond-bcd-super-bitcoin-sbtc-and-bitcoin-gold-btg

I’ve used Bither for over a year a few years ago (~2-4 years ago) and never had an issue with it, so I would trust them.

[jerry0]

Hi there.  Which coins did you claim with these programs?  Did you use bither or bitpie?  You used the same computer you downloaded electrum and electroncash on?

[TryNinja]

Hi there.  Which coins did you claim with these programs?  Did you use bither or bitpie?  You used the same computer you downloaded electrum and electroncash on?

I haven’t actually used it. I just know that you can use it for that.

You could do on your own pc, or you could use another one, a temporary bootable OS or a virtual machine. It’s up to you and on how paranoid you are.

[jerry0]

Hi there.  Which coins did you claim with these programs?  Did you use bither or bitpie?  You used the same computer you downloaded electrum and electroncash on?

I haven’t actually used it. I just know that you can use it for that.

You could do on your own pc, or you could use another one, a temporary bootable OS or a virtual machine. It’s up to you and on how paranoid you are.

Okay so you have not done it.  Which means im not going to do it.  But you heard others say its reliable?


I'm very paranoid.  But i did downloaded electroncash on same computer as electrum and got my bitcoin cash fine.


So you only claimed bitcoin cash?  You didn't claim bitcoin gold or sv yet?  Do you plan to?  I don't know why i read lot of ppl don't claim bitcoin gold.  Is it a security issue?  If not, what harm is there for claiming it?  You can claim it and send it to your nano ledger s and just keep it there as oppose to not claiming it right?  I don't understand why ppl don't claim it if its not a security issue?

[HCP]

Reasons for not claiming forks:

1. Because it's practically worthless compared to Bitcoin
- Bitcoin is $5000/coin... BTG is $18/coin... unless you had substantial BTC holdings... the amount you stand to gain is miniscule


2. It's not worth the hassle
- If you had BTC in Electrum, it is relatively simple... move coins to new wallet, download the appropriate Electrum fork (like Electron Cash) use old seed and get instacoins... however if you had it in Bitcoin Core, you'd need to go through the hassle of moving all your coins, then syncing the full blockchain for "Core" wallets of the new fork... or exporting your keys and then find a wallet that you can import keys etc... or if your coins were in a paper wallet you'd need to generate new paper wallets... or if your coins were in cold storage you'd need to reorganise everything... for $18/coin


3. It's not worth the risk
- Downloading "unproven" wallets, moving coins around from cold storage, exporting and importing seeds/private keys etc... there is a certain level of "risk" involved... for a coin worth $18... is it worth it?


For the record, I've used:
Bitcoin ABC (Bitcoin Cash "core" wallet)
Bitcoin Gold Core
ElectronCash
ElectrumG (Bitcoin Gold "Electrum" wallet)
Electrum BCD (Bitcoin Diamond "Electrum" wallet)

[jerry0]

HCP thanks.


Well if you had like 5 bitcoin, that is 90 dollars. Yea i know that isn't much but if its easy to claim, well i thought you might as well get it if it isn't a hassle.


Yes i know about all the risk involved, thats why i didnt claim my bitcoin cash until recently. 


So you have claimed bitcoin cash, bitcoin gold, bitcoin diamond?  So the only fork you didn't claim is bitcoin SV and bitcoin private?


Thanks.