Bitcoin forks

[vieveda]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

[BitMaxz]

Most of the fork coins of bitcoin have "bitcoin" under the first or last name but some of them have different names.

If you are looking for a list of fork coins you can check this below

- https://www.forks.net/list/Bitcoin/
- https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_Bitcoin_forks

If those fork coins have a value they are worth to claim but always make sure to transfer all of your bitcoin first to another wallet before you claim your fork coins.

[Kupid002]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Not all, most of them is token using ethereum platform. It is just to make hype using bitcoin name they think they can easily have investors when they add the name of bitcoin as ticker of thier token. Not only bitcoin there also other popular coin like eth xrp added to the name of the tokens.

[minairia3]

Nope some of them as mentioned by others are just using bitcoin prefix to get hype. You can found detailed list of bitcoin hard fork on this.
List of Bitcointalk Hardforks.

This was posted for a while and it seems the author has captured majority of the forks of bitcoin still missing some but almost forks are all there. When also I saw the list its really surprising cause too many forks have did already. Some of them are quite funny and irrelevant in my opinion. So be careful if youre planning to invest with these forks.

[joniboini]

Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

You can check further on their respective CMC page. Most of the time there will be a link to their website, source code, and explorer. Checking the explorer part will give you enough info whether those are crap forks or not most of the time.

[styca]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name.

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A fork of bitcoin
Shadow-boxing in the breeze.
There is no use-case.
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[puertorikosena]

Most of the fork coins of bitcoin have "bitcoin" under the first or last name but some of them have different names.

If you are looking for a list of fork coins you can check this below

- https://www.forks.net/list/Bitcoin/
- https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_Bitcoin_forks

If those fork coins have a value they are worth to claim but always make sure to transfer all of your bitcoin first to another wallet before you claim your fork coins.

This pretty impressive list of Bitcoin forks once again proves the popularity and value of Bitcoin. I think there will be many more such forks, but they are unlikely to bring any benefit or value. Although, some forks managed to achieve good results.

[bitmover]

Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Most of the forks are not worth claiming anymore.

And soon as new fork shows up you should trade it for btc, immediately.
There were many forks which had some significant btc value, but they are now worthless.

Like bitcoin diamond, bitcoin x, bitcoin core, bitcoin atom,bitcoin private etc...
You could get more than 100-300 usd for each btc you had.

Now they are worth nothing anymore and I don't recommend claiming them.

[adzino]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Not all of them are forks of bitcoin. Some of them uses the name "bitcoin" to promote their shitcoin. Bitcoin cash and Bitcoin SV are some well known forks of bitcoin. Bitcoin 2 and BitcoinHD are probably some clone of bitcoin itself. Don't invest on those.
Its not worth claiming most of those shit forks. If you are eligible to claim those forks, go for those that are well known.

[BrewMaster]

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A fork of bitcoin
Shadow-boxing in the breeze.
There is no use-case.
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there is and it is called pump and dump, at least for majority of them this is their only use case. there are a couple of others that are made to scam people for example the ones that spread malware such as BTG so that they could steal user's bitcoins. or BCH that is fooling newbies.

[fiulpro]

Well I would say
Some of them are .
But unfortunately some are just the cryptocurrencies which are craving attention and trying to market themselves by the name of bitcoins.
Just like Adidas and abibas 😂 if you guys know what I mean .
Some you can claim but only if when they were forked and you had some bitcoins in your wallet and your wallet supports the forking for the moment .

[kryptqnick]

Well I would say
Some of them are .
But unfortunately some are just the cryptocurrencies which are craving attention and trying to market themselves by the name of bitcoins.
Just like Adidas and abibas 😂 if you guys know what I mean .
Some you can claim but only if when they were forked and you had some bitcoins in your wallet and your wallet supports the forking for the moment .

I get the Adidas-Abibas reference, but it's probably not a very commonly known one (I thought it was a Post-Soviet thing). I agree with the comparison. There is only one real Bitcoin, and it does not have anything written after this first and only word. If it says 'Cash', 'Gold', 'Private' or anything else, this is just something which is unfairly using the same name and technology, while having a history of simply being useless or even putting Bitcoin (the real one) in danger by dividing the community of users (Bitcoin Cash is a good example, Bitcoin SV might also qualify for this role). I don't think there is any sense to claim these even if you can (depends on a wallet, at least).

[pixie85]

There's just a few real forks from BTC like BCH or BTG. Most of them are not direct forks just use some part of the code or only the name.

Don't focus too much on forks, most of them are useless and pointless and all of them, including BCH and BSV do not even compare to the real bitcoin. Some of the fork popularizers think those coins are the real Bitcoin. Like Roger Ver thinks BCH is Bitcoin and Craig Wright thinks BSV is Bitcoin. They're idiots.

[adaseb]

Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Most of the forks are not worth claiming anymore.

And soon as new fork shows up you should trade it for btc, immediately.
There were many forks which had some significant btc value, but they are now worthless.

Like bitcoin diamond, bitcoin x, bitcoin core, bitcoin atom,bitcoin private etc...
You could get more than 100-300 usd for each btc you had.

Now they are worth nothing anymore and I don't recommend claiming them.

There are some which have some value and are worth claiming them. Basically the most profitable ones are Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond. Then there are also a few which are worth less than $1 per coin and not worth the hassle unless you are maybe Satoshi and own hundreds of coins.

https://forkdrop.io/

Has up to date info on all the forked coins. Has the date and has the price and the exchanges where you can sell them. They also have tutorial on how to claim them. Basically unless its Bitcoin Cash, SV or Gold you need to use that Python claiming tool because the regular wallets don't work properly.

[Darker45]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

For sure, you don't want to undergo all the hassles just to claim every single fork coin from Bitcoin, which overall would only give you a tiny amount. If you have 1 whole BTC, I don't think claiming everything is worth it. It is probably enough that you claim at least 3 forks: Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin SV (BSV), and Bitcoin Gold (BTG). If you go down to the next most valuable fork, you will have Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) worth 0.6$ each.

The design of Bitcoin can be used by anyone because its codes are open and available to the public. No wonder why there are many Bitcoin *insert name* out there. They make use of the codes, put a little personal or unique touch, and you already have a new Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. But that ends there. There is no guarantee of the value or of a community.

[HarmonyA]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Not all are bitcoin forks. Some were created to attract investors to it. This https://blog.bitmex.com/44-bitcoin-fork-coins/ is the list of bitcoin fork coins.
Anything outside the list were introduced for personal gains to make investors feel that it was linked to bitcoin,  therefore making it a prospective investment for quality ROI.

[jessyj48]

If I search on bitcoin on eg. coinmarketcap, there will be a lot of coins with "bitcoin" in the name. Like "Bitcoin 2", "Bitcoin Diamond", "BitcoinHD", "Wrapped Bitcoin" and more..
Is all of them forks from bitcoin and there to be claimed?

Be careful, most fork claiming will require you to import your private keys which might lead to fund loss, you should move your private key to another wallet before claiming any fork

[dnlwild]

Most of the fork coins of bitcoin have "bitcoin" under the first or last name but some of them have different names.

If you are looking for a list of fork coins you can check this below

- https://www.forks.net/list/Bitcoin/
- https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_Bitcoin_forks

If those fork coins have a value they are worth to claim but always make sure to transfer all of your bitcoin first to another wallet before you claim your fork coins.

I would like to add these sites to check bitcoin forks:

http://www.findmycoins.ninja/ - special note: it checks the balance in the bitcoin address
https://forkdrop.io

Also, this guy provides a script to transfer/claim these coins, the findmyninja site generates a script for claim using this tool:
https://github.com/ymgve/bitcoin_fork_claimer

It's fun to investigate and lost some time with this  

[omone1]

Please, don't fall for them, some of them are not forks but scam coins hoping traders will be confuse and follow coinmarketcap to exchange and buy them. They use such name to make it look as if they are affiliated with bitcoin or are from the same family with bitcoin. Some of these are ERC20 that have sent investors to the pit in the past.

[BuNga_cute]

Not all coins that use the name bitcoin are the result of bitcoin forks. There are some coins that make use of the big name bitcoin, to attract
investors. But not necessarily the results of bitcoin forks are also good for investment, because there are some that are shitcoin. So still be
careful in choosing coins, always do an analysis and research before buying coins for investment.