Topic: BTG REDEEM (bitcoin gold) - STEP BY STEP (quick and dirty) - page 4. (Read 6631 times)

You're welcome.
And yes, moving the BTC first is ESSENTIAL. I consider it almost same importancy as paying attention to sweeping into correct wallet (step 5) and making proper wallet backup.

Just a side note: Rather than how many BTC you have is important how many addresses they are scattered over ( In case you have more of them you will need to do this procedure for each address individually).

If you have all (one) BTC in single address I'll recommend you to wait a little .. for other users to test it and post feedback or so. (as you have no option how to try it with smaller amount).

Thank you for the tutorial, I only have one BTC at the time of the split, this easy way for me.
But keep in mind, transfer all BTC to another BTC address before proceeding to secure your BTC.

Hi, I found this a very hot topic recently so here's my quick and dirty guide how to get your BTG.
I will be using coinomi (android wallet) to get my BTG (but you can also use e.g. freewallet  ... the procedure is more or less same).
NOTE: This guide will not work with segwit addresses (begins with 3).
For other supported wallets check official BTG web https://bitcoingold.org (BEWARE: some malicious wallets found their way also to official BTG web, so doublecheck user feedbacks before trusting them with your money)

UPDATE: BTG SUCCESSFULLY CLAIMED (and partly sold). Thanks coinomi and ledger.

WARNING: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHICH WALLET YOU ARE GOING TO USE. EVEN THE OFFICIAL BTG WEBSITE PUBLISHED LINKS TO SCAM WALLETS.
I'm not going to investigate every single wallet you ask for. I already have mine BTG (used COINOMI). So please use COINOMI or do investigation on your own.

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Part 1 - Wallets you own the private keys ( tested with Electrum 2.9.3 and 3.0.2 )

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It's really simple (5 steps)

1 - Separate your BTC. Move them to brand new address ( this is to prevent losing your BTC if something went wrong, also your private key becomes compromised at the end of this guide) and stop using the old one

2 - wait for at least 5 confirmations (3 should be enough but more is better ... again due to security reasons)

3 - download and install coinomi https://coinomi.com/  (make proper backup etc.)

4 - in coinomi add new coin (BTG), find function "sweep" and scan QR code of your private key(s) ... this will create transaction(s) sending BTG from your address to coinomi
!!! PAY ATTENTION TO SWEEP INTO CORRECT WALLET OTHERWISE YOU CAN LOSE THEM ... GOOD IDEA IS TRYING SMALL AMOUNT FIRST AS A TEST !!!

5 - repeat second part of step 4 for every address you have BTG on ...  enjoy your coins  

(doesn't work? refer to: https://coinomi.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/29000017747-i-can-t-sweep-my-btg-private-key )
(Find more detailed guide here: https://medium.com/@coinomi/collecting-your-free-bitcoin-gold-btg-coins-da937d4255d1 )

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Part 2 - Ledger HW wallet

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Follow this ultimate guide: https://ledger.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005456969-How-to-use-Bitcoin-Gold-with-Ledger
(successfully claimed as well)

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Part 3 - Mycelium users

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Refer to Flat.E insights:

or

follow this step-by-step guide: https://steemit.com/btc/@libert/step-by-step-guide-on-claiming-bitcoincash-from-mycellium-wallet-201783t112141477z




EDIT: If you think the guide too austere then please wait for some others.
I personally found this very easy (mostly due to experience with BCH fork) and do not feel it requires any special pictures, extra details etc. ( once you do it yourself I belive you'll find it simple as well ).

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