It's not mandatory. I myself did everything in the same computer and didn't lose anything. Some people don't trust the Electron Cash, so they prefer to use a device isolated from their private keys. If you are too paranoid, you can use a different PC or at least use a Virtual Machine.
And yes, it's better if you split your coins between two addresses, one with BCH and another with BTC.
Topic: How to transfer btc from one Electrum wallet to another - page 2. (Read 2308 times)
I want to move my BTC in electrum to a different wallet in electrum. On Coinbase it just lets you transfer but I don't see this option.
I'm doing this because I'm trying to get the BCC I got with the fork in my wallet and I read I have to move btc to a new wallet with a new seed and then somehow (I'm not sure) move the BCC to the original bitcoin.
I did read in one place that to get BCC I should move all my BTC off my computer, or use another computer which I don't have access to. But I saw another article by the same place that just moving them will work, vs them being stolen.
Anyway help with either or both problems?
https://electrum.org/bcc.txt
https://www.electroncash.org/ This is electron. SAFE one to use But you need a 2nd computer. Android.
https://electrum.org/bcc2.txt
I'm doing this because I'm trying to get the BCC I got with the fork in my wallet and I read I have to move btc to a new wallet with a new seed and then somehow (I'm not sure) move the BCC to the original bitcoin.
I did read in one place that to get BCC I should move all my BTC off my computer, or use another computer which I don't have access to. But I saw another article by the same place that just moving them will work, vs them being stolen.
Anyway help with either or both problems?
https://electrum.org/bcc.txt
https://www.electroncash.org/ This is electron. SAFE one to use But you need a 2nd computer. Android.
https://electrum.org/bcc2.txt
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