Absolute beginner

[Murderwriter1969]

Hi - I was gifted some Electrum-XVG (I believe) about ten years ago. Looking for advice on what I need to do to retrieve the money - I have an 8 word seed which I was told to keep safe. We're not talking a fortune - a couple of hundred pounds. Need a step by step idiots guide. Any advice welcomed - thanks

[sergiorus]

Hi!  

https://vergecurrency.com/wallets - here's the wallet section of the official website. You can just download the official wallet for the platform of your choice or a 3rd party wallet - doesn't really matter, they usually are multicoins too. Once you open the wallet you will be asked to either create a new wallet or import a seed phrase of an existing wallet - you do the latter.
Then you'll be able to send the coins to an exchange address or wherever you want to send them to.

Links in case you, or somebody else wants to verify the authenticity of the official website's link:

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/verge

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/verge

[noorman0]

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Links in case you, or somebody else wants to verify the authenticity of the official website's link:

Whether the OP is trying to subtly deceive the community, spread backlinks or what, I searched electrum XVG and found a suspicious site that was never mentioned anywhere on the official Verge site.
Whois info:

545 days old
Created on 2024-12-03
Expires on 2027-12-03
Updated on 2026-05-26

If OP refers to that page, his claim about 10 years ago is not true according to the site's info presented.

[sergiorus]

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Links in case you, or somebody else wants to verify the authenticity of the official website's link:

Whether the OP is trying to subtly deceive the community, spread backlinks or what, I searched electrum XVG and found a suspicious site that was never mentioned anywhere on the official Verge site.
Whois info:

545 days old
Created on 2024-12-03
Expires on 2027-12-03
Updated on 2026-05-26

If OP refers to that page, his claim about 10 years ago is not true according to the site's info presented.

There indeed was an XVG Electrum, launched about 9 years ago and shut down about 5 years ago.

Github: https://github.com/vergecurrency/electrum-xvg

Tutorial from the official Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/9G6CafWrpAA

Reddit thread for the same problem as OPs (and solutions): https://www.reddit.com/r/vergecurrency/comments/jzz2f6/electrum_verge_wallet_is_gone_how_do_i_pull_my/

[noorman0]

There indeed was an XVG Electrum, launched about 9 years ago and shut down about 5 years ago.

Github: https://github.com/vergecurrency/electrum-xvg

Tutorial from the official Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/9G6CafWrpAA

Reddit thread for the same problem as OPs (and solutions): https://www.reddit.com/r/vergecurrency/comments/jzz2f6/electrum_verge_wallet_is_gone_how_do_i_pull_my/

Thanks for the additional info, it really helped clarify things for me. I always miss complaints on Reddit because of my internet provider's limitations.

So, my findings are really not genuine one.
Verge no longer has another separate site for downloading old discontinued wallets. And their current official wallet name is vergePay (only on the official site) and supports several types of devices.

[hugeblack]

If the Electrum-XVG wallet hasn't connected to any server for years, I'm surprised these tokens will still have value in 2026.

Generally, the easiest way is to use Atomic Wallet and longest method via official wallet with https://verge-blockchain.info/ You can find the steps here ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5320090.msg56438577#msg56438577