BCC will be added automatically to our Electrum wallets after the split ?

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Quote from: mobnepal on July 30, 2017, 01:28:04 PM

If you want to be in safer side while enjoying free BCC than deposit your bitcoin to bittrex because they have claimed they will deposit BCC to their users if they have bitcoin balance during hardfork.

Or just move your bitcoin after fork to another new address and import your old address to new wallet that will support BCC. Till now no any wallet have announced support for BCC but it looks like jaxx will be the first one.

I think every Bitcoin holder during and after the fork will be able to get BCC the same amount like what he have in BTC is this right ?

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Quote from: fred dave on July 30, 2017, 01:24:00 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on July 30, 2017, 01:19:21 PM

You will *have* the BCC, you just won't be able to see it or spend it. If you want to use BCC, you need to export your private keys and import them into a client that recognises BCC, but this is not generally recommended for new users, as it does pose security risks if you aren't careful. Read the linked post and decide for yourself if it's worth it.

Thanks for your fast reply, but why you dont recommend importing the private keys into a wallet that recognises BCC ? If it is only for the security reasons you can kindly suggest me some safe wallets supporting BCC

I probably could have phrased that better. It's not the importing part that causes the security risk, it's the exporting part. If your device has any kind of malware, spyware or keylogger on it, someone could potentially gain access to your private keys and steal your funds. Wallets are designed specifically to obscure the private keys and keep them secure. Exporting them into a plain text format potentially puts them in plain sight for thieves to steal.

//EDIT: But you don't have to handle the keys to access BCC, use this method instead.

Quote from: mobnepal on July 30, 2017, 01:28:04 PM

If you want to be in safer side while enjoying free BCC than deposit your bitcoin to bittrex because they have claimed they will deposit BCC to their users if they have bitcoin balance during hardfork.

As users of BTC-e have just been made painfully aware of, exchanges aren't necessarily safer. They can disappear along with your funds at any point. Choose carefully.

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Quote from: mobnepal on July 30, 2017, 01:28:04 PM

Quote from: fred dave on July 30, 2017, 01:24:00 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on July 30, 2017, 01:19:21 PM

You will *have* the BCC, you just won't be able to see it or spend it. If you want to use BCC, you need to export your private keys and import them into a client that recognises BCC, but this is not generally recommended for new users, as it does pose security risks if you aren't careful. Read the linked post and decide for yourself if it's worth it.

Thanks for your fast reply, but why you dont recommend importing the private keys into a wallet that recognises BCC ? If it is only for the security reasons you can kindly suggest me some safe wallets supporting BCC

If you want to be in safer side while enjoying free BCC than deposit your bitcoin to bittrex because they have claimed they will deposit BCC to their users if they have bitcoin balance during hardfork.

Also to be in safe side just move your bitcoin after fork to another new address and import your old address to new wallet that will support BCC. Till now no any wallet have announced support for BCC but it looks like jaxx will be the first one.

will bittrex adding an option to trade BTC/BCC on their exchange?

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Quote from: fred dave on July 30, 2017, 01:24:00 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on July 30, 2017, 01:19:21 PM

You will *have* the BCC, you just won't be able to see it or spend it. If you want to use BCC, you need to export your private keys and import them into a client that recognises BCC, but this is not generally recommended for new users, as it does pose security risks if you aren't careful. Read the linked post and decide for yourself if it's worth it.

Thanks for your fast reply, but why you dont recommend importing the private keys into a wallet that recognises BCC ? If it is only for the security reasons you can kindly suggest me some safe wallets supporting BCC

If you want to be in safer side while enjoying free BCC than deposit your bitcoin to bittrex because they have claimed they will deposit BCC to their users if they have bitcoin balance during hardfork.

Or just move your bitcoin after fork to another new address and import your old address to new wallet that will support BCC. Till now no any wallet have announced support for BCC but it looks like jaxx will be the first one.

fred dave

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Quote from: DooMAD on July 30, 2017, 01:19:21 PM

You will *have* the BCC, you just won't be able to see it or spend it. If you want to use BCC, you need to export your private keys and import them into a client that recognises BCC, but this is not generally recommended for new users, as it does pose security risks if you aren't careful. Read the linked post and decide for yourself if it's worth it.

Thanks for your fast reply, but why you dont recommend importing the private keys into a wallet that recognises BCC ? If it is only for the security reasons you can kindly suggest me some safe wallets supporting BCC

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Quote from: fred dave on July 30, 2017, 01:11:18 PM

I have this question after the split the bitcoins holders which use Electrum wallets will receive automatically additional BCC into their wallets in addition with their actual bitcoins ?

Thanks

Not exactly, there's another thread on this here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.20493358

You will *have* the BCC, you just won't be able to see it or spend it. If you want to use BCC, you need to export your private keys and import them into a client that recognises BCC, but this is not generally recommended for new users, as it does pose security risks if you aren't careful. Read the linked post and decide for yourself if it's worth it.

//EDIT: There's an easier way to do it that doesn't involve handling keys, see this method posted by arwani1985. Do that instead.

fred dave

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I have this question after the split the bitcoins holders which use Electrum wallets will receive automatically additional BCC into their wallets in addition with their actual bitcoins ?

Thanks

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