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Quote from: AtheistAKASaneBrain on October 13, 2017, 03:03:20 PM

It's bet to man up and get your node running. All these forks are forks of Bitcoin Core, so if you run a Bitcoin Core node, you will have instantly access to your coins by copy-pasting the blockchain files, you will just need to wait for the blockchain files to be validated which can be a pain in the ass depending on the power of your computer, but I think a day or two max.

Running a full node is ideal for receiving payments. But what you're saying here doesn't add up. Electrum users can simply export the private key to any keys that controlled BTC before the fork.

If there's replay protection, they can simply move their legacy coins first, then export the "empty" private keys into a Bitcoin Gold wallet (or whichever fork). If there's no replay protection, it's best to wait a while after the fork to make any transactions, until it's very clear how to safely split your coins, but I see no reason why a Core wallet is necessary to do so. Technically, one can split coins via nLocktime + RBF in Electrum, although it is not ideal for beginners, as you need command line and nLocktime isn't covered in Electrum's command line documentation.

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Yes, it is just another altcoin.

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Yes you are right, you will receive a new coin after that the fork is done, just think about it, if you had some bitcoins before august 1, you probably received your free bitcoin cash, and the same is going to happen with bitcoin and bitcoin gold at the end of october.
You are going to receive one bitcoin gold per bitcoin that you own, and this is how the fork works, you are going to be able to sell them on a exchange once that it gets listed in any of them.

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Quote from: AtheistAKASaneBrain on October 13, 2017, 03:03:20 PM

Quote from: J. Cooper on October 13, 2017, 02:55:07 PM

If you would really want to access your bitcoin gold right after the fork has happened, you should move your coins from coinbase to a wallet like electrum (you own the private keys of this wallet). If you're using Coinbase this is NOT the case. You will only receive your bitcoin gold if coinbase decides to and only when they release them. I believe coinbase still hasn't released the bitcoin cash from the previous fork.

If you go the Electrum route, you may stumble upon a period where you cannot access the coins because there is still no software for Bitcoin Gold Electrum equivalent, so you will not be able to export your seed.

Similarly, users that went the Electrum route with BCash had to wait for Electron Cash, and I still wouldn't trust that program.

It's bet to man up and get your node running. All these forks are forks of Bitcoin Core, so if you run a Bitcoin Core node, you will have instantly access to your coins by copy-pasting the blockchain files, you will just need to wait for the blockchain files to be validated which can be a pain in the ass depending on the power of your computer, but I think a day or two max.

thanks for the information and enlightenment, Just wanna know which exchanges will support this fork by giving equal amount to btc holders/ I remember August 1st when those who saved their btc on exchange sites got advantage and sold bch at a high price. These exchanges weren't accepting bct deposit for something before they activated that so just need help which exchange supports this fork.

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Quote from: J. Cooper on October 13, 2017, 02:55:07 PM

If you would really want to access your bitcoin gold right after the fork has happened, you should move your coins from coinbase to a wallet like electrum (you own the private keys of this wallet). If you're using Coinbase this is NOT the case. You will only receive your bitcoin gold if coinbase decides to and only when they release them. I believe coinbase still hasn't released the bitcoin cash from the previous fork.

If you go the Electrum route, you may stumble upon a period where you cannot access the coins because there is still no software for Bitcoin Gold Electrum equivalent, so you will not be able to export your seed.

Similarly, users that went the Electrum route with BCash had to wait for Electron Cash, and I still wouldn't trust that program.

It's bet to man up and get your node running. All these forks are forks of Bitcoin Core, so if you run a Bitcoin Core node, you will have instantly access to your coins by copy-pasting the blockchain files, you will just need to wait for the blockchain files to be validated which can be a pain in the ass depending on the power of your computer, but I think a day or two max.

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If you would really want to access your bitcoin gold right after the fork has happened, you should move your coins from coinbase to a wallet like electrum (you own the private keys of this wallet). If you're using Coinbase this is NOT the case. You will only receive your bitcoin gold if coinbase decides to and only when they release them. I believe coinbase still hasn't released the bitcoin cash from the previous fork.

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As far as I understand from what i've read yes, a bitcoin fork means from 1 coin you get 2 different coins, with the same blockchain. But from the fork the blockchains part ways.

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i hope bittrex supports bitcoin gold, they did for bch. its quite stressful transferring all btc to private wallet. it was so good when they supported bch.

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Quote from: Aezop on October 12, 2017, 04:49:36 PM

Hello all,

I am owning some bitcoins and other alt coins since a while and I have been reading a lot over here in stealth modus, really helpful.

Now there is a fork coming up and I am confused;
As far as I can see a fork is like a share split of a company. Like Pfizer dId with zoetis in the US. The owners of shares in Pfizer also get shares in zoetis for free, right?

Now let's say I have my bitcoin stored at coinbase. Do I automatically get the fork shares? Does coinbase support it? Or do I have to put them in a different wallet?
Do I have to claim them?

That is unclear to me. Maybe somebody can help me and probably some others out on this subject?

Basically when you are having some amount of bitcoin in a wallet and you are the one owning the private keys to that then you can claim your forked altcoin after the forking happens. That was how the previous fork of BCH occured and also how this one is going to work.

If you want to claim bitcoin gold out all the wallets that you have, then during the time of forking make sure that they coins are in a wallet that you have control over and not an exchange. I dont know about coinbase but I do not trust web wallets and so I prefer the Electrum desktop wallet.

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Quote from: HeRetiK on October 12, 2017, 08:09:11 PM

Quote from: Aezop on October 12, 2017, 04:49:36 PM

After the fork you need to import these private keys (or the recovery seed words) into a wallet that supports Bitcoin Gold or B2X respectively. Using the wallet of the respective Bitcoin fork, you can freely access your coins. However you don't need to "claim" them or access them right away. As long as you have the private keys you can access your forked coins any time in the future.

Caution: Before importing your wallet into Bitcoin Gold, B2X or whatever other fork, you MUST send your BTC to other addresses. Once you empty your wallet, you can import this now empty wallet into the forked blockchain to access your forked coins.

This step will guarantee any weird behavior like double spend/replay attacks and so on. You just don't want matching keys in both chains before you send them to exchanges.

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Good that was helpful as I was also looking for answer to this question.

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Quote from: Aezop on October 12, 2017, 04:49:36 PM

Hello all,

I am owning some bitcoins and other alt coins since a while and I have been reading a lot over here in stealth modus, really helpful.

Now there is a fork coming up and I am confused;
As far as I can see a fork is like a share split of a company. Like Pfizer dId with zoetis in the US. The owners of shares in Pfizer also get shares in zoetis for free, right?

If you own BTC at the time of a hardfork, you also own BCH, Bitcoin Gold, B2X, etc on the new fork. For each 1 BTC you get 1 BCH, 1 Bitcoin Gold, 1 B2X, etc.

It's basically like someone created a new bank account for you, mirroring your balance by using your old account statements, but at a new bank and with a new currency.

Quote from: Aezop on October 12, 2017, 04:49:36 PM

Now let's say I have my bitcoin stored at coinbase. Do I automatically get the fork shares? Does coinbase support it? Or do I have to put them in a different wallet?
Do I have to claim them?

That is unclear to me. Maybe somebody can help me and probably some others out on this subject?

Coinbase supporting Bitcoin Gold seems unlikely. So far it looks like Coinbase will support B2X, but I wouldn't bet on it unless they renew their commitment in an official statement.

If you want to access fork coins that Coinbase does not support, you need to move your BTC to a wallet of your own before the fork happens. Don't forget to account for confirmation times. A wallet of your own is a wallet like Electrum or Bitcoin Core, ie. a wallet where you have direct access to your own private keys.

After the fork you need to import these private keys (or the recovery seed words) into a wallet that supports Bitcoin Gold or B2X respectively. Using the wallet of the respective Bitcoin fork, you can freely access your coins. However you don't need to "claim" them or access them right away. As long as you have the private keys you can access your forked coins any time in the future.

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Hello all,

I am owning some bitcoins and other alt coins since a while and I have been reading a lot over here in stealth modus, really helpful.

Now there is a fork coming up and I am confused;
As far as I can see a fork is like a share split of a company. Like Pfizer dId with zoetis in the US. The owners of shares in Pfizer also get shares in zoetis for free, right?

Now let's say I have my bitcoin stored at coinbase. Do I automatically get the fork shares? Does coinbase support it? Or do I have to put them in a different wallet?
Do I have to claim them?

That is unclear to me. Maybe somebody can help me and probably some others out on this subject?

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