Claim bitcoin

Initially Block.io stated they would support Bitcoin Cash in September and that never happened. :( After reaching out to them they stated:

"The Bitcoin Cash network seems to be dying in favor of the new Segwit2x fork its proponents want to push. While we continue to index the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, we do not believe full support for this network is merited given its low adoption. If you wish to use your addresses to claim your Bitcoin Cash equivalent in the mean, see block.io/dashboard/settings -> Access Private Keys, and then claim your Bitcoin Cash from a service that supports that network."

At this point I attempted to transfer Bitcoin Cash to Btc.com with their tool but it is stating that no funds were located so they probably are not compatible with Block.io.

Does anyone have a service that will support the transfer of Bitcoin Cash from Block.io with my private keys so I can get it off their exchange and into my wallet? Any thoughts or assistance is appreciated!

It's possible! But it's complicated :] The main reason is block.io are using multisig addresses, meaning that it's not the usual address that you can redeem funds with only one private key, but here we require two private keys to sign every transaction.

EDIT - This solution used to work for some time, but it doesn't work at the moment

It seems that blockdozer.com changed their API and their AJAX/CORS policy in some way that makes it impossible to query outputs and to submit transactions. I was able to overcome their AJAX by disabling security on the browser, however the raw transaction that's being generated contains special characters such as "|" and the API doesn't support that. It did work about a month ago though, but not any more

Since Ik'm no expert on this I submitted a comment to the developer that implemented bitcoin cash support in Coinb.in, I'll update here once I get a response. Here's the PR and comment in Github:

Phase one - Acquire your private keys

First phase is to your private keys from Block.io - Log into your wallet, go to "Settings", then press "Private Key Access". You'll get an email with instructions how to proceed. At the end of this process you should have a file that contains something like this :

Phase two - coinb.in

I tried to do it the easy way using Electron Cash - there's an option there to import multi sig addresses but it doesn't work. I had to sign the transaction manually and broadcast it to the BCH main network. coinb.in is an awesome tool to do that, however at the moment the pull request for using BCH isn't merged yet, I deployed a version of the tool here :

Alternatively, If you want to be extra cautious you can run the tool on your local machine by running these commands :

Phase three - signing a transaction and braodcasting

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THE INSTRUCTIONS in this youtube video to get a better sense of what needs to happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUSVmLegj8k - If you're dealing with large sums of BCH you could end up losing everything, so please be careful!

The one difference is that you need to be careful to choose the bitcoin cash network, otherwise you'll be broadcasting transactions on the BTC network:

How to Claim Bitcoin Gold (BTG): A Step-by-Step Guide

Last updated on January 2nd, 2018 at 12:00 am

On October 24, 2017, a new type of Bitcoin was created: Bitcoin Gold. This altcoin has the same abilities of Bitcoin, but its mining algorithm works a bit differently. Most importantly, it’s easier to mine with home equipment like GPUs.

Anyone who held Bitcoins before the time of the creation of Bitcoin Gold is eligible to receive an amount of Bitcoin Gold (BTG) equal to the amount of Bitcoins (BTC) they had. For example, if you had 1 Bitcoin before the split (aka the Bitcoin Gold fork), you’ll now have 1 Bitcoin and 1 Bitcoin Gold.

If, by chance, you had your Bitcoins stored in one of the supporting Bitcoin Gold exchanges, you may not have to do anything because you’ll have been automatically credited the relevant BTG amount by the exchange. Here’s a list of supporting exchanges:

The purpose of this guide is to give you a basic step-by-step guide on how to claim your Bitcoin Gold. However, before we start, I’d like to provide an important warning: If at any step along the way you’re not sure what to do, please stop whatever it is you’re doing and seek advice. While this guide is simple, it holds the risk of losing your Bitcoins if you make a mistake along the way. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

I’ve personally used this method to extract my own Bitcoin Gold from my Ledger Nano S wallet, and I can testify that it works. However, use this guide at your own risk—I don’t want to be responsible for anyone losing their funds.

TL;DR version

Move your current Bitcoins to a new Bitcoin wallet with a new seed/private key.
Export the seed phrase of your previous wallet.
Import the seed phrase into Coinomi.
Add Bitcoin Gold to Coinomi and change the derivation path.
Claim your BTG.

This is a very short explanation of the process; I highly advise that you read the whole guide and not just the summary to avoid mistakes. Also, this process requires that you use Coinomi, a Bitcoin mobile wallet currently available only for Android. If you don’t have an Android mobile phone, I suggest getting one for this process and moving your BTG to an exchange once you claim them.

You also have the option of using the official Bitcoin Gold client, but this means you’ll need to download the whole Bitcoin blockchain to your computer, and that can take several days.

NOTE: This process will work with most HD wallets (i.e., wallets that have a seed phrase); however, some wallets, such as TREZOR, require a dedicated tool (full process described here). I strongly suggest searching for documentation from your existing wallet provider regarding this process before using what’s written in this post.

November 17 updates:

Ledger users – A dedicated wallet for Bitcoin Gold has been released. If you’re using Ledger read more here.

TREZOR users – See updates on a dedicated splitting tool here.

Step 0: Before you start

The first thing to do is secure your current Bitcoins in a new wallet. Since you’re going to expose the private key/seed phrase of your old wallet, you’ll want to make sure that even if it’s compromised, no one will be able to get to your coins. Once the seed is compromised, you never want to use it again to store Bitcoins.

What you need to do is download a new wallet to your computer or mobile phone, or even get a brand new hardware wallet and move your Bitcoins to that wallet. Only when your Bitcoins are safe in the new wallet should you start this process.

A good desktop wallet to use for this process is Electrum since you can create multiple Bitcoin wallets from within the app. Make sure you’re sending your Bitcoin to a completely new wallet, not just a new Bitcoin address. The way you can verify this is if you get a new set of words as your seed phrase.

Step 1: Get your seed

The first step of the process will be to get your seed phrase. The seed phrase is the 12–24 words you were requested to write down when you first installed your wallet. Most wallets will have an option to display the seed phrase as well.

You need this phrase to prove that you owned Bitcoins before the fork. This phrase is considered sensitive data because whoever knows it can access your Bitcoins. That’s why you should move your Bitcoins to a new wallet before using it.

Step 2: Install Coinomi and import your seed

If you already have Coinomi on your Android wallet, great! Make sure to create a backup of your existing wallet since this process may wipe out your existing funds.

If you don’t have Coinomi, install it. Once the wallet is installed, open the app and choose Restore a Wallet.

You will then be asked to enter your seed phrase. Enter the 12–24 words and click Next. On the next screen, choose Bitcoin or any other currency you want; there’s no need to choose Bitcoin Gold for now.

Step 3: Claim your Bitcoin Gold!

Inside the wallet menu, click on +coins.
Choose Bitcoin Gold.

The following may be required depending on the wallet you’re importing your BTG from:

Click on Advanced Settings.
Type in the phrase “M/44H/0H/0H” (note that the characters before the H are zeroes).

If you have more than one Bitcoin wallet in your Coinomi and want to claim the equivalent BTG, you’ll have to repeat the above process, replacing the last zero with the zero-based account index each time. For the second wallet, it would be M/44H/0H/1H, for the third wallet, it would be M/44H/0H/2H, and so forth (source).

If you still can’t understand the whole process, here’s a great video about it:

NOTE: If you’re trying to import a private key from a paper wallet (meaning not a seed phrase), you can click Create New Wallet in Coinomi and choose Sweep Paper Wallet from the settings.

If this process doesn’t work for you

If importing the seed into Coinomi doesn’t work for you it’s always possible to extract the actual private key for your Bitcoin addresses using Electrum and sweeping (i.e. importing) that into Coinomi.

The process is as follows:

Download Electrum
Create a new wallet from your seed phrase
Export the private keys of your wallet
Write down the private key that had Bitcoins in them prior to the fork
Create a Coinomi BTG wallet
Sweep the private key into the Coinomi BTG wallet

For a complete demonstration of how it’s done click here.

Step 4 (optional): Sell your Bitcoin Gold

You can now send your Bitcoin Gold to an exchange and sell it for Bitcoin, USD, or any other altcoin if you wish. At the moment, the only exchange I know of that accepts outside BTG deposits is HitBTC.

UPDATE: Bittrex also accepts outside deposits and the exchange rate seems to be much higher. However withdrawal requires account verification that can take up to one week. HitBTC does not require account verification. Also there have been several complaints about the exchange in the past.

Once you sign up to HitBTC, go to Accounts and deposit your BTG as shown here:

After the transaction is sent, you can follow it through a Bitcoin Gold block explorer. When three confirmations are met, you’ll see the transaction in your HitBTC account. You’ll now need to transfer the funds to your trading account (using the arrows in the image above).

You can then continue on and exchange BTG for whatever currency you wish.

That’s it for this tutorial. If you’ve managed to claim BTG I’d love to hear about what wallet you used and about the process in the comment section below. If you didn’t manage to claim – let me know as well so I can improve this guide.

How do I claim Bitcoin Gold?

As of January 19, 2018, Exodus 1.43.0, Bitcoin Gold has been enabled. To download the latest version, please follow the instructions here:

If you were holding Bitcoin in your Exodus wallet on October 24, 2017, you are entitled to the same amount of Bitcoin Gold. Below are the instructions on how to claim your Bitcoin Gold. Important: This will NOT work unless you are updated to the latest version of Exodus.

To claim your Bitcoin Gold inside of Exodus, click on the help section then scroll all the way to the bottom of the help section to find the section titled; "How do I claim my Bitcoin Gold". When you open that help section you will see a green button to start the process of claiming your Bitcoin Gold.

Step 1: Click on the Help button on the left side of Exodus. (Scroll down for Step 2)

Step 2: Scroll all the way to the bottom of the help section and find the help article titled "How do I claim my Bitcoin Gold?" - Click on that to expand it. (Scroll down for Step 3)

Step 3: Read the text to tell you a little about the process then click the green button to begin to claim your Bitcoin Gold. (Scroll down for Step 4)

Step 4: Exodus tells you the process is starting and gives you some information and a warning to be sure you are sending your Bitcoin Gold to a trusted source. Click the Blue Continue button. (Scroll down for Step 5)

Step 5: Exodus now asks you for your Bitcoin Gold address to know where you want your Bitcoin Gold sent. Exodus will also auto-populate this field with your current Exodus Bitcoin Gold address. Feel free to use the address or send it to any other Bitcoin Gold wallet of your choice. (Scroll down for Step 6)

Step 6: Exodus will now check your wallet and count up all your available Bitcoin Gold to send out. Depending on how many transactions you have - this process takes about 10 minutes. Click the blue "Check My Wallet Now" button to begin. (Scroll down for Step 7)

Step 7: Exodus now tells you the total amount of Bitcoin Gold you have to send out and also gives you the network mining fee this transaction will cost to send out. This transaction could take 1-2 hours to confirm. If everything looks good click the red "Send" button. (Scroll down for Step 8)

Step 8: Your Bitcoin Gold has been sent! You can click on the blue "View TX" button to monitor the status of your transaction. Remember, Bitcoin Gold could take 1-2 hours to confirm so be patient while you monitor your receiving address.

How To Claim Your Free Bitcoin Gold [BTG] From Any Wallet

The Bitcoin Gold fiasco continues.

I am assuming that you know about Bitcoin Gold already. But if you don’t, check out these write-ups on Bitcoin Gold:

In short, Bitcoin Gold is a new cryptocurrency that forked out of Bitcoin last week (late October 2017) from the block height of 491407.

Before the fork, CoinSutra had published detailed instructions for our community so that they could benefit in the future. And that moment of the future has now come!

If you were not tracking the fork or not reading CoinSutra and have left your Bitcoin in an exchange that is not supporting BTG after the fork, then you are out of luck.

On the other hand, I would like to congratulate our community readers who heeded our advice of keeping their BTC in the Ledger Nano S, Trezor, Mycelium, Jaxx, or other similar wallets, and are now lucky enough to be eligible to claim BTG.

Also, these forking events are a timely reminder for all of us that one should never trust exchanges and should always be in control of their own private keys.

Note: The fork has already been done and some exchanges have already credited users their BTG tokens. And remember these are only tokens, not actual BTG, given and traded by these exchanges. However, users who had their BTC on a wallet at the time of the fork where they control their seed/private key will be able to claim BTG through the process which I am going to elucidate in this write-up. Another thing is that users will be able to claim BTG only once the BTG blockchain is live, which is going to happen in early November. I will update this section again with the new and latest information.

Step By Step Guide To Claim Your Free BTG

Now that we are on the same page, let’s see how to claim and access our FREE BTG when the blockchain is live by using Coinomi Wallet.

First Things First – Update/Install Wallet

We are going to do this recovery of BTG from the Coinomi Android wallet.

If you already have Coinomi, then please update your Coinomi wallet to the latest version. Open your Play Store app, click on the top left menu, select “My apps & games”, and then click on the “Update” button next to “Coinomi Wallet”.
And if you don’t have Coinomi, then please install the latest version from here on your Android device.

Once your device is ready, follow these steps:

#1. Access your BTC wallet where you had your BTC at the time of the fork. Wallets like Jaxx, Mycelium, Ledger, Blockchain.info, Exodus, or any other wallet that supports BIP44 type key generation. Do a simple Google search to check if your BTC wallet is BIP44 supported.

#2. Now from these wallets, take out your seed words. Seed words (or recovery phrases) are the 12, 18, or 24-word long phrases that you backed up while setting up your wallet.

#3. Now use your Coinomi wallet along with these seed words/keys for restoring your BTC wallet on Coinomi.

#4. Once your BTC wallet has been restored on Coinomi using these seed keys, you will be able to see your BTC balance that you had at the time of the fork.

#5. Now in your Coinomi wallet, click on the top left menu, then hit the “+ COINS” button and select “BitcoinGold” from the mind-blowing list of Coinomi’s 86 supported coins and 214 tokens.

#6. A pop-up dialogue will appear asking if BitcoinGold should be added. Hit the “ADVANCED SETTINGS” button. If you clicked “Add” instead, you need to delete your BitcoinGold wallet and add a new one. In the “Derivation Path” section, enter: M/44H/0H/0H

Note: The characters before “H” are the number zero and not the letter O.

#7. Now click “ADD”.

#8. BOOM,🌟⚡💥🌟⚡💥🌟⚡💥 TaDa! Your $BTG wallet is now ready and you can see both your BTC and BTG balances.

A Few More Important Things To Note…

If you have more than one Bitcoin wallet in your Coinomi account and you want to claim the equivalent BTG, you will have to repeat the above process, replacing the last zero with the (zero-based) account index each time. So for the second wallet, this would be M/44H/0H/1H, and for the third wallet it would be M/44H/0H/2H, and so forth.
With this Coinomi BTG wallet, you won’t be able to do any valid BTG transactions or see your BTG coins before the BTG blockchain is live. Expect some delay as I don’t see it happening on 1st of November 2017.
Coinomi doesn’t yet support SegWit addresses starting with ‘3’, so with this method, you won’t be able to claim your BTG if you had BTC on a SegWit address at the time of the fork.
This doesn’t mean that SegWit address HODLers will not be able to claim BTG; rather, these users have to wait until either BTG’s official wallet comes out or Coinomi starts supporting SegWit addresses.
Also, the Bitcoin Gold Fork has already happened (around October 24, 6 am UTC at block height 491407). So if you are trying to claim BTG by transferring in BTC that you didn’t own prior to this date, you probably won’t get BTG.
Beware of SCAM wallets/websites surrounding Bitcoin Gold who are frantically preying on immature users to get ahold of their seed keys. Don’t use your seed words/private keys on splitting tools or 3rd party wallets unless you are 100% sure about it.

Here is the official blog post from the Coinomi team on the Bitcoin Gold fork and how to claim your free BTG.

From now on, it will be interesting to see how Bitcoin Gold survives surrounding all the criticism and how much hash power it will be able to steal from other GPU mining rigs.

Now it’s time to hear from you: So what are you going to do when you are able to claim your free BTG? Are you a HODLer or FUDster? Do let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

If you enjoyed this tutorial, do share it with your friends on Twitter & Reddit!

How to Profit and Claim Bitcoin Forks in 2018 – The Ultimate Guide

Last updated on March 20th, 2018 at 05:28 pm

Warning: claiming and selling forkcoins involves considerable risks, and requires some advanced knowledge. By attempting these procedures, you accept all of these risks:

Working with and exposing your Bitcoin private keys
Installing and running certain software
Trading and possibly identifying yourself on various exchanges

If you don’t fully understand forks, please watch this video first:

At the time of this writing, you can claim about $2,000 in free money for every bitcoin in your wallet received before August 1, 2017.

Granted, a lot of this value is comprised by Bitcoin Cash (

1% of BTC). We’ve also covered the airdrops of Byteball (which is no longer claimable in any significant quantity) and Clams (which can still be claimed at addresses dated May 2014).

Minus BCH and BGP, you’ll have about $200 to $300 of free money on the table for every bitcoin you’ve owned since November or December 2017. This amount is only a rough estimate, of course. The exact total will depend on the current pricing and availability of multiple markets, as well as the emergence of new forkcoins…

A recent Bloomberg headline indicates that there are plenty of more forks to come.

It’s up to you to decide if the reward is worth the considerable effort required to claim these coins. Be aware that your financial privacy can only be harmed by this process, as data on your Bitcoin holdings will be revealed to various networks, exchanges, and services. However, the financial risks are minor, provided that you follow Rule #1…

Rule #1 when Claiming Bitcoin Forks (Extremely Important!)

Claiming all these forks will require you to use the private keys of the Bitcoin wallet, which contain your BTC at the time that the coin is forked. This tactic is only safe if you’ve already moved your BTC to another wallet, with a different set of private keys.

Tip: Now would be a good time to transfer your bitcoins to a hardware wallet (HW). If you already use a HW, consider getting a second one to maintain your security standard while claiming!

An Example of the Secure-Claiming Process

Let’s take Super Bitcoin (SBTC) for example. It forked on December 12, 2017 (at a Bitcoin block height of 498,888). Whatever number of BTC you had in your Bitcoin wallet at that time, you now have just as many SBTC. To claim those forkcoins, it’s necessary to export the private keys from your Bitcoin wallet into an SBTC wallet or claiming tool.

But by sharing your private keys with that SBTC wallet or claiming tool, you’re giving it the keys to your crypto kingdom. So if the software is malicious, it can drain any BTC that remains in your wallet! Any coin that lacks Replay Protection could also lead to the loss of any BTC in your original wallet.

As you can never be sure of new software, the only safe way to claim forkcoins is to first move all your bitcoins to a new wallet—provided that the BTC has been safely moved, and can’t be harmed. The only danger that remains once this process is done is that a malicious fork wallet, tool, or service will use your old private keys to steal any other unclaimed forks.

Note: If you’re still using a Legacy Bitcoin wallet (with addresses starting with 1), claiming these forks is an excellent motivation for moving your coins to a SegWit wallet. Fees are low right now, so there’s never been a better time to migrate your coins. Doing so will reduce all your future transaction fees, and prepare you to use the Lightning Network.

Three Important Aspects for Profiting from Bitcoin Forks

Once you’ve moved your coins to a new wallet, there are three major factors to make sure you profit from any fork:

Fork Height

This is the time and date (measured in Bitcoin block height) when the fork took place. Any address in a Bitcoin wallet that contained any value at the time of the fork will be eligible for forkcoin rewards. A Bitcoin address that received value after the fork won’t receive any forkcoins.

Reward Ratio

Forkcoins are often awarded in direct proportion to the amount of bitcoin in each address (e.g. 1.582 forkcoins for 1.582 BTC) but this ratio can vary. For example, Bitcoin World awards 10,000 BTW for every 1 BTC.

Exchange Deposit Availability

While forkcoin sites tend to advertise their partnerships with every exchange that might provide a market, only one or two exchanges will allow deposits of minor forks. Unless you had BTC in an exchange wallet that was awarded forkcoins by the exchange itself, you’ll only be able to sell on exchanges that allow forkcoin deposits.

Some exchanges don’t allow you to deposit forkcoins from outside the exchange. In other words, they will only allow you to trade forkcoins that they issued to users who had a BTC balance at the time of the fork. The exchange that allows outside deposits usually reflects the future price of the forkcoin more accurately. The example below shows you the difference in price between “open” and “closed” exchanges.

Price differences between closed and deposit-enabled markets (Exrates) are often extreme!

Note: In contrast to Western charting practices, Eastern exchanges often use the color red to denote rising prices, and green or blue to indicate declining prices.

2018 Bitcoin Forks

We covered some of these forks here. Now many of them are live! A list follows that details claimable forks available for trading on at least one market. This data was accurate on February 6, 2018, but it’s subject to change.

Bitcoin Forks Claimable via Ymgve’s Script, BitPie, and Bither

Super Bitcoin (SBTC)

Market: Gate.io

Fork Height: block 498,888 (12/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 SBTC for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Diamond (BCD)

Market: Gate.io

Fork Height: block 495,866 (2/11/2017)

Reward Ratio: 10 BCD for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Faith (BTP)

Market: BTCtrade.im (requires verification) & BitPie app

Fork Height: block 500,000 (18/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 BTF for 1 BTC

Bitcoin World (BTW)

Market: BTCtrade.im (requires verification) & BitPie app

Fork Height: block 499,777 (19/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 10,000 BTW for 1 BTC

Bitcoin New (BTN)

(price available in BitPie exchange)

Market: BitPie app

Fork Height: block 501,000 (19/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 BTF for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Forks Claimable via BitPie / Bither

Bitcoin Pay (BTP)

(price available in BitPie exchange)

Market: BitPie app

Fork Height: block 499,345 (15/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 10 BTP for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Forks Claimable via Ymgve’s Script:

Segwit2X (B2X)

Fork Height: block 501,451 (28/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 B2X for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Hot (BTH)

Market: ZB.com (requires verification)

Fork Height: block 499,777 (19/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 BTH for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Pizza (BPA)

Market: HB.top (requires verification, and is possibly restricted to China)

Fork Height: block 501,888 (31/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 BPA for 1 BTC

Bitcoin Vote (BTV)

Fork Height: block 505,050 (21/1/2018)

Reward Ratio: 1 BTV for 1 BTC

BitcoinX (BCX)

Market: AEX.com

Fork Height: block 498888 (12/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 10,000 BCX for 1 BTC

Fast Bitcoin (FBTC)

Market: CoinEgg.com (verification required)

Fork Height: block 501,225 (27/12/2017)

Reward Ratio: 1 FBTC for 1 BTC

Note: To keep up with forthcoming and future forks of Bitcoin and altcoins, this exhaustive list on Bitcoin Talk is recommended. It lists all block heights, but sadly, trading markets aren’t noted.

Getting ready to Claim Bitcoin Forks: Step by Step

Step 1: Export your Private Keys

To claim most forkcoins, it’s necessary to export the private keys from your old wallet by using a format that the import tools (described below) can read. Please see your particular wallet’s documentation for instructions on how to export your private keys. In most cases, a file will be generated that contains all your addresses and their respective private keys.

Certain wallets, especially hardware wallets, won’t allow you to export the private keys. In such cases, it’s necessary to enter your hardware wallet’s seed phrase into a tool (such as Ian Coleman’s BIP39 Tool ), which should be run offline. Another option is to import your seed into a compatible HD wallet, such as Electrum.

The tool or wallet will regenerate the private keys and their addresses, which allows this info to be imported to the forkcoin in the correct format.

Step 2: Check the Balance of your Addresses and Make a List!

To save time, don’t import private keys that contain no value. You may use the findmycoins.ninja and btcdiv.com sites to check the claimable forkcoin balance of your old Bitcoin addresses.

For future reference, record all valid addresses and private key combinations in a text file or spreadsheet. Use any type of file that allows you to easily copy, paste, and replace text. The recording format should be a private key, followed by the address.

Tip: Also number each entry, and note the approximate amount of Bitcoin that they contained at the date of the earliest fork that you’re eligible for. Numbering each key pair will prove helpful for ordering purposes.

Noting the sizes may also prove useful. For example, you can pull out the largest-valued address for rapid-exchange funding or the smallest-valued address for testing purposes.

Two Reliable “Do It Yourself” Claiming Methods

It’s possible to download the official wallet of each forkcoin in most cases, then sync its blockchain and import your private keys. But this method takes a lot of time to sync each chain, and it’s possible that a wallet may contain malware.

There are two safer, faster methods available for claiming the current crop of forks.

1. BitPie & Bither

BitPie & Bither are two Bitcoin wallets. When used together, they allow you to claim several fork coins, including BTP (a coin that is otherwise impossible to sell). It doesn’t work with SegWit addresses (i.e., addresses that start with 3, not 1) and has fairly high transfer/claiming fees.

We will use Bither to extract forkcoins and BitPie to sell them. There’s some partnership between these two wallets, and it seems that Bither will reject non-BitPie addresses when claiming. Bither is featured on the Bitcoin.org site, so it should be fairly reliable.

The Bither wallet is available for smartphones (including Androids) and desktops, whereas BitPie is best used on an Android. Even though BitPie is also available for iOS, there have been several reports of difficulties when using that operating system.

If you don’t have an Android or would prefer to do everything on your personal computer, install the BlueStacks Android emulator. You’ll need a Google account to access the Google Play Store, in order to install BitPie (and Bither, if you so choose) within BlueStacks. You may be able to get around this requirement by downloading the .apk files.

BitPie has wallets and an exchange function for 6 new forkcoins: SBTC, BTW, BCD, BTF, BTP, and BTN (plus Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold). Once claimed, this exchange can be used to sell the forkcoins.

The Claiming Process for BitPie & Bither

For a quick overview of the process, watch the tutorial below. (But it’s not recommended for first-time users. They should use the text version instead.)

Open the Bither wallet, complete the setup process, backup your seed phrase and password, and select the gear icon at the top right:

Select “Advanced Options.”

Paste your private key as text (which you should have obtained from Ian Coleman’s tool or your new wallet). Bither will ask for the password you set for it, depending on whether you import the private keys in a compressed or uncompressed format. Select compressed. Repeat this process for all private keys/addresses that contain a claimable balance.

After importing all the relevant private keys, click “Get Fork Coins” in Bither:

Select the forkcoin you wish to claim:

Here, BCH has been selected. Addresses are displayed on the left, and their claimable balance is on the right. Previously claimed addresses will be marked as “You already gat [sic]XXX.” Click all “Getable” balances:

Bither will specifically request a BitPie address to send to:

You’ll need a BitPie address. So now open BitPie, complete the setup process, and backup your seed and pass. You can switch between coins from the dropdown menu at the top left:

Here, Bitcoin is selected. Navigate to whichever forkcoin you wish to claim within Bither, and hit the “Receive” tab:

By clicking the address displayed below the QR code, you will copy it to the clipboard:

Go back to Bither, enter the address, and click “Get”:

After a few seconds, you should get a notification from BitPie about incoming funds. Repeat the process from Step 6 (where you click “getable balance”), until all addresses are claimed.

Warning: BitPie’s UI is such that it’s easy to mistakenly select the wrong coin. Always double-check that you’re using the correct type of coin, in order to claim your receiving address.

2. Ymgve’s Fork Claimer

Ymgve’s excellent script allows you to claim 12 new forkcoins (and Bgold): B2X, BCD, BCX, BPA, BTF, BTH, BTN, BTV, BTW, SBTC, UBTC (which requires some extra steps, as explained on the UBTC site), and FBTC (which has a slightly different claiming process).

Ymgve’s script also supports SegWit addresses, has lower mining fees than BitPie/Bither, and allows you to send to any address. That way, coins may be sent directly to your exchange’s deposit account. However, the script does require use of the command line, and is a bit more complicated.

While the script apparently requires you to enter about 180 random characters for every address you claim, the workload can be greatly reduced with some judicious copying, pasting, and replacing.

Ymgve’s Fork-Claiming Process

First, visit the GitHub page. It will explain that you need to install the Python 2 (not 3) programming language first, which you can download here.

Next, download the script as a .zip file:

It’s easier to extract this .zip file into the same directory that you used to install Python 2. The cleaner method is to set a path to the Python directory.

Now, refer back to the list you made of claimable addresses. Look up each of these addresses using any Bitcoin block explorer, and find the Transaction ID (txid) of the last transaction before forktime. Enter each txid into your list, above the private key. The format of your list should now look like this:

TXID [obtainable from block explorer, last transaction before forktime]
Privkey
Source Bitcoin Address
Destination Forkcoin Address [deposit address, obtainable from exchange]

Above TXID, enter the following text: python claimer.py XXX (XXX is a substitute for the ticker code of whichever coin you wish to claim).

Ensure that your list doesn’t contain line breaks (“enters”), as they will cause the information to be entered over multiple lines when pasted into the script, which causes the script to fail.

Here’s what your list entries should look like (more or less). The parts to copy and paste have a colored background:

So ordered, this list will save you a great deal of time when entering commands for multi-plea addresses and forkcoins into Ymgve’s claimer tool. Entering the necessary commands by hand will take forever, and has a very high chance of error.

This is how the list should look in the end. (Notice that the amount is missing from this example.)

Let’s get down to business. In Windows, do not run Python from its .exe file. Instead, launch a command window and navigate to the directory where you installed the script. If you use Linux, you should have no trouble with this step.

Select the coin you wish to claim. Save your list by using a file name that reflects the coin you intend to claim (e.g., scriptBCX.txt).

Use your text editor’s “Replace All” function to replace XXX with the coin’s code (e.g., XXX becomes BCH).

Use your text editor’s “Replace All” function to set the Destination Forkcoin Address to the correct one for depositing forkcoins on your chosen exchange. Before doing so, ensure that you’re able to withdraw from the exchange without completing the verification procedures! These procedures may fail, or require info that you’re unwilling to share. In that case, your coins will be trapped.

Now highlight and copy (CTRL-C or right-click copy) the following information from your list:

Python claimer.py BCX [or whichever supported coin-ticker you’re claiming]

Privkey

Source Bitcoin Address

Destination Forkcoin Address

Right-click the command window, and paste this information. If everything is correct, the script will ask you to confirm your command by entering the following text:

I am sending coins on the [relevant]network, and I accept the risks.

You may copy the above text for pasting purposes, as it will have to be entered again for every address you claim. Alternately, if you’ve already entered the disclaimer, then you should be able to repeat it automatically by pressing the up arrow.

Allow the script to run for a while. It will either fail, succeed (usually within a minute or so), or get stuck in a cycle of retrying connections. In the latter case, you can cancel the script (control-C in Windows) and move on. Note what happened with each address, so that you can retry failed or stalled addresses later.

Move down your list of addresses and private keys. Once you reach the end, save the file under the name of the next forkcoin you wish to claim, then replace the ticker codes and destination address.

Repeat as desired, or until all your forkcoins are Bitcoin!

Consider sending Ymgve a thank-you note about his excellent script, which he continues to improve. Here’s his Bitcoin address: 1HDW5sy8trGE8mEKUtNacLPGCx1WRtebnp

Note: The above process relies on a block explorer to fetch the transaction ID that denotes the address value. It remains the same for all coins, except FBTC. The process for FBTC doesn’t take a TXID value, but requires you to enter the amount to claim satoshis at the end. By noting the values claimed by other coins with a similar fork height to FBTC’s, you should be able to enter the correct amount. Remember the eight digits after the decimal point!

Bitcoin Forks Claiming Services

If you don’t fancy the DIY approach, you can pay a percentage (usually around 5%) of your forkcoin profits to experts who’ll handle the process for you. This is the easy way, but we can’t vouch for any of these services, since we’ve never used them. The ones listed here all seem to have received a lot of positive feedback. Besides CoinPanic, they’ll require your private keys.

Reddit user Camku can claim and sell just about anything, and seems very helpful.
Nbysy is another Redditor who offers a forkcoin service, and has good feedback.
CoinPanic is an interesting service, which doesn’t demand your private keys for claiming.
Dig.Walleting.Services is another claiming service.
Loyce has a claiming service on the BitcoinTalk forum, and has much positive feedback.

DIY vs Claiming Services: Which should I use?

With a view to future forks, it’s probably worth getting familiar with all three types of services!

BitPie is fairly easy (although not without bugs and delays) and is currently the only way to sell the forkcoin known as Bitcoin Pay (BTP). Although the BitPie exchange usually has worse prices than regular exchanges, it doesn’t require any personal information. You should avoid storing funds long-term in the BitPie wallet, as its security properties are unknown.

Ymgve’s script is excellent. You’ll probably extract the most BTC and education by using it. As it’s usually updated whenever a valid coin is released, it’ll probably be the quickest path to claiming and selling new forkcoins. It has low fees, and supports many coins. However, it can be a little time-consuming, and is perhaps tricky for newcomers.

The various claiming services can save you a lot of hassle, and allow you to sell at various exchanges without the verification prices. However, these services take a percentage and require trust. Research each service or provider before using it! In the case of certain coins that are unsupported by the other 2 methods or are only traded on an exchange you can’t access, a suitable service will be your only path to claiming forkcoins.

Selling Your Forkcoins

Some forkcoins will likely pump in the future, but most will die. There’s no reliable way to predict either of these outcomes.

All the linked exchanges were honest in terms of allowing withdrawals, although problems are likely with these frequently buggy forkcoins. Almost all (apart from HB.top) have English-language versions, with the button to select English usually lurking in the top-right corner of the site. Note that the verification process is sometimes tedious, and requires multiple photos, document scans, and hoop-jumping. If the process fails, an English explanation is usually lacking.

Finally, as it’s not obvious, the instructions for accessing the exchange in the BitPie wallet are below. (Don’t use the “Buy / Sell” or “OTC Trade” buttons in the top menu.)

While this guide was pretty comprehensive, I’m sure you may still have questions. If so, leave them in the comment section below, and I’ll do my best to answer them. Happy forking!

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Claim your Bitcoin Gold.

Bitcoin Gold is a fork of Bitcoin, sharing its history up until the block height 491407 (around October 24, 6 am UTC). If you have held bitcoins on TREZOR before this block, you will have the same bitcoin gold balance as your bitcoin balance (at the time of the fork).

Bitcoin Gold is not Bitcoin. It merely uses bitcoin’s history similarly to the case of Bitcoin Cash. This process will not affect your Bitcoin wallet at all.

Update your firmware to 1.6.0

Please go to TREZOR Wallet to update your device firmware.

Make sure you have your recovery seed accessible, in case you are asked to recover your device after a firmware update. Never update firmware without your seed nearby.

Claim process

Make sure your firmware is updated to 1.6.0 before you start the claiming process.

Open the Claim Tool in your browser. The link is trezor.io/claim-btg

Select the account type from which you want to claim your bitcoin gold — either standard account (SegWit enabled) or legacy account.

Click on Connect with TREZOR and authenticate yourself in the TREZOR Connect window. Let it run the discovery process. Depending on the size of your accounts, this may take a minute.

Select an account with a positive BTG balance. Input an address in which you want to receive your BTG. The default address is taken from your TREZOR, but you can enter any BTG address.

Bitcoin Gold addresses start with either A or G as the first symbol.

Click on Claim amount, and confirm the transaction in TREZOR Connect. The claim tool will refresh and you will see a Transaction successful banner. Now you can repeat the process for your other accounts.

Open Bitcoin Gold Wallet

Go to TREZOR Wallet and authenticate yourself. (If you do this immediately after claiming your BTG, your TREZOR is already unlocked — no need to enter PIN.)

In the upper left corner, click on the currency selector and choose Bitcoin Gold (BTG). You will be brought to your BTG wallet, first account. If you claimed BTG to this account, the transaction would appear here.

What does the claim process do?

When you use our claim tool, you are effectively sending your BTG from BTC addresses to your new BTG addresses. You are splitting BTG away from the Bitcoin pre-fork history, so that your BTG and BTC won’t share common addresses anymore.

TREZOR model T is the next-generation hardware wallet, designed with experiences of the original TREZOR in mind, combined with a modern and intuitive interface for improved user experience and security. It features a touchscreen, faster processor, and advanced coin support, as well as all the features of the TREZOR One.

TREZOR One is the most trusted and ubiquitous hardware wallet in the world. It offers an unmatched security for cryptocurrencies, password management, Second Factor, while maintaining an absolute ease-of-use, whether you are a security expert or a brand new user.