So I am definitely not a Pro but I suppose I know enough to be dangerous and possibly lose all of my Bitcoin. When I heard of the Bitcoin Fork (BIP91, Segwit, Segwit2x, IDFK) I heeded the many warnings and moved my BTC to cold storage. Finally feeling as though the dust has settled I decided I should put my BTC back to work but first I had to move it out of my paper wallet. So from what I read online (aka I don't know what the fuck I am doing) I needed to move my BTC out of my paper wallet and then in short order claim my Bitcoin Cash BCH (does BCH look like Bitch to anyone else?) So I used my Jaxx wallet to export my paper wallet and BOOM! there it was easy peasy! I decided to check the blockchain and yes the wallet is empty CONFIRMED. I then decided to check my Jaxx wallet address on the blockchain and 0 yes ZERO BTC = FML
I could see a balance in my Jaxx wallet so I decided to try to transfer some out and BOOM! IT went through my BTC wasn't gone
Now onto BCH. I downloaded the Electron Wallet punched in my Private Key and Voila!
Plenty of how to's out there so I have spared the details I just wanted to share a bit on my emotional roller coaster today. Hit me up if you have any questions, not an expert so insert universal disclaimer here http://kith.org/jimmosk/disclaimer2.html
I kept mine in my Trezor which had a decent guide on claiming BCH but I had to upgrade my firmware in order to claim. Whilst this has always been a seemless Exercise, it always fills me with dread as it could go wrong and corrupt the device. Yes I have paper deterministic recovery keys but it still scares me.
However, it was completely seamless with no issues. The device upgraded, the splitting tool worked fine and now I have my BCH in my Trezor, separated from my BTC.
(And I completely agree with you regarding BCH- could have been a better sounding name).
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Great! I cleimit my bitcion
Thank you goo
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I'll have questions a little later! Thanks! Up-Voted and Followed!
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