I have a multibit wallet and I don't see any funds

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Quote from: BitDraig on October 02, 2021, 04:25:56 PM

Thanks. Once they are then back in a wallet then the private key comes into play again?

More correctly, once you get the coins from Coinfloor into your Electrum wallet... then your Electrum seed phrase comes into play.

If you have those 12 words, you'll be able to recreate your entire Electrum wallet. That is to say, any and all private keys that it generates from that seed phrase. Those 12 words are all you require. Make sure you have them securely and safely backed up offline.

Do not store a screenshot of them, do not store them unencrypted in digital form on an online computer or cloud backup service etc.

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Quote from: BitDraig on October 02, 2021, 04:25:56 PM

Thanks. Once they are then back in a wallet then the private key comes into play again?

Yes, but not any private key. The private key that corresponds to the public key and address where those funds were sent. Each address has a different private key, so you wont be able to use that key as an universal recovery key (aka recovery phrase). You might want to consider creating a wallet that shows you a 12/24 word seed instead. You write down the seed only and forget about individual private keys.

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Thanks. Once they are then back in a wallet then the private key comes into play again?

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Quote from: BitDraig on October 02, 2021, 03:44:29 PM

This may be a daft question. But can I use my Bitcoin private key to get my bitcoin from Coinfloor?

No.
Coinfloor is an exchange and you cannot import your private key(s) into an exchange. If you want your fund to appear in an exchange, you have to make a transaction to your deposit address.
Note that in exchanges, you have no control over the keys and therefore and there is no import/export private key(s) feature.

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This may be a daft question. But can I use my Bitcoin private key to get my bitcoin from Coinfloor?

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 22, 2021, 04:26:27 PM

Then I guess I go to the 'receive' page and click on the 'New address' tab and I provide this to Coinfloor as an address to send me the Bitcoin to this wallet. Am I doing this correctly?

You can also go to "Addresses" tab and see all your addresses.
If "Addresses" tab is not available, you can click on "View" at top of the window and select "Show addresses".

Quote from: BitDraig on September 22, 2021, 04:26:27 PM

I see that that address it's generated is only available for 1 day. But once there's Bitcoin in it I presume it becomes permanent?

All bitcoin addresses are permanent. They will work forever, even if they don't receive any bitcoin.
The expiry time you see there is used only for knowing whether the sender has sent the fund in time or not. Ignore it.

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OK thank you for the replies.

I've set up an electrum account. I have then chosen the option to create a 'new seed' which I have written down on a piece of paper. I've also set up a password. Then I guess I go to the 'receive' page and click on the 'New address' tab and I provide this to Coinfloor as an address to send me the Bitcoin to this wallet. Am I doing this correctly? I see that that address it's generated is only available for 1 day. But once there's Bitcoin in it I presume it becomes permanent?

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 16, 2021, 12:22:56 PM

Can anyone suggest a good book regarding Bitcoin? Nothing too complicated. There's a lot on Amazon.

Here're my recommendations if you're not a techie-guy:

— The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
— Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With: Why bitcoin will be the next global reserve currency
— 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole (for later)

Or if you love computers:

— Mastering Bitcoin
— learnmeabitcoin.com (not a book!)

Not that this forum is also a great source of knowledge. Whichever book you read, you may get yourself redirected here. It's generally a known place, it even had the creator of Bitcoin hanging around sometime (!).

Quote from: BitDraig on September 16, 2021, 12:22:56 PM

Incidentally, I've left my Bitcoin on Coinfloor. Is that a good course of action?

In case Coinfloor is an exchange: No.

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Quote from: hosseinimr93 on September 16, 2021, 04:50:53 PM

It may be a good choice for selling and buying bitcoin, but it's not recommended to hold bitcoin on an exchange.

Just a small typo in your previous post. I fixed it for you Wink

Quote from: BitDraig on September 16, 2021, 12:22:56 PM

Can anyone suggest a good book regarding Bitcoin? Nothing too complicated.

I would advise you to take a look at the Bitcoin for Beginners series by Andreas Antonopoulos. The playlist consists of 45 videos of various lengths. Some are as short as 4-5 minutes but there are also video lectures as long as 1-2 hours. And it's free.

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 16, 2021, 12:22:56 PM

Incidentally, I've left my Bitcoin on Coinfloor. Is that a good course of action?

In the case you are referring to this website, that's an exchange not a wallet.
I haven't ever used this service and I don't know how reputable they are. It may be a good choice for selling and buying bitcoin, but it's not recommended to hold bitcoin on an exchange.

When you hold bitcoin on an exchange, you give all your fund to them and instead they show you a number as your balance. Since you don't have control over keys, you aren't the real owner of the fund.
For holding bitcoin, I recommend you to use a non-custodial wallet like electrum.

Edit:
Thanks Pmalek for noticing the typo.

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Well thank you all. I've managed to retrieve all those forks thanks to the assistance of people on here. In fact, I wouldn't have been able to retrieve the Bitcoins either if it wasn't for help on this thread. I've learnt a great deal here. I'm going to hang onto the Bitcoin. We'll see how things go.

Can anyone suggest a good book regarding Bitcoin? Nothing too complicated. There's a lot on Amazon.

Incidentally, I've left my Bitcoin on Coinfloor. Is that a good course of action?

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 09, 2021, 03:09:56 PM

It's the Bitcoin Gold Wallet which is causing me problems downloaded from link from Coinmarketcap. Can't find anywhere to enter an address or seed or key.

Have you tried ElectrumG wallet?
I just downloaded it to see how it works. It's same as electrum. It allows you to import your seed phrase.

Select "Standard wallet" and then "I already have a seed."

ElectrumG also allow you to import your private keys. Select "Import Bitcoin Gold addresses or private keys."

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OK thanks. I am fine with the Bitcoin Diamond Wallet now. It's the Bitcoin Gold Wallet which is causing me problems downloaded from link from Coinmarketcap. Can't find anywhere to enter an address or seed or key. Huh

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@BitDraig
Whatever wallet you download, you need to make sure that you got it from an official source like it was suggested to you in the previous posts. Unfortunately, you can't trust Google to point you in the right direction because they sell ad space to scammers advertising phishing sites whose goal is to steal your coins and/or infect your device. If you google a particular wallet, it has happened in the past that the first result is a fake site.

You can use CoinMarketCap, for example, to point you in the right direction. Here is what they have on the coins that were mentioned recently:
Bitcoin Diamond
Bitcoin SV
Bitcoin Cash

If you need anything else, just enter it on the search bar on the top right.

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 07, 2021, 03:33:00 PM

Has anyone used the Bitcoin Diamond BTCD Wallet? I can't seem to find where it's requires the key or seed. It's not quite like the Electrum wallet.

What did you download? and where did you download it from? Huh

I vaguely remember that there were some "fake" Bitcoin Diamond wallets that stole seeds/keys... The "official" site seems to be: https://www.bitcoindiamond.org

The download page is: https://www.bitcoindiamond.org/download/

There are various options there... but you'll be wanting the one underneath the "Electrum Wallet" heading. The "Qt" wallets are the full node wallets that require downloading the blockchain etc.

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 07, 2021, 03:33:00 PM

Has anyone used the Bitcoin Diamond BTCD Wallet? I can't seem to find where it's requires the key or seed. It's not quite like the Electrum wallet.

It looks just like Electrum. I've turned on my Forkcoin VM for a screenshot of Electrum-BCD-3.0.5.3-Ubuntu:
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Has anyone used the Bitcoin Diamond BTCD Wallet? I can't seem to find where it's requires the key or seed. It's not quite like the Electrum wallet.

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 04, 2021, 06:58:31 AM

I found the key from a paper wallet I mentioned earlier in the thread and using it, I managed to recover my Bitcoin Cash. The seed I created didn't.

Sounds like you had no Bitcoin on the key/addresses generated by that seed at the time of the fork. If you loaded that seed into Electrum and it showed a Bitcoin balance as at 1 August 2017, it should also have had Bitcoin Cash.

Loading the seed into Electron Cash, did it show any history at all? Huh

Were the BCH coins moved after the fork?

Quote from: BitDraig on September 04, 2021, 06:58:31 AM

I also had another 16 word seed I had written down years ago. I tried that and it didn't work but I think it was linked to my Blockchain wallet.

Those old "non-12" word phrases (ie. 15, 16 or 17 words etc) generally tend to be a "password recovery" phrase for blockchain.info... not a "seed" as such.

You can attempt to use it here: https://login.blockchain.com/wallet/forgot-password

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Quote from: LoyceV on September 04, 2021, 04:30:57 AM

Quote from: BitDraig on September 04, 2021, 03:51:39 AM

Thank you for all your help. I've learnt a lot. I've moved my Bitcoin Cash over to Coinbase now. Now onto Electrum SV. Is this the correct link to it's Wallet? I couldn't find a link from https://bitcoinsv.com/en

Can you post your address (if you don't mind the privacy loss)? I'm curious to see if you lost your BSV/BCH-A to the lack of replay protection. The BCH-A Fork is now worth more than BSV.

I'm relatively new to all of this even though I purchased my bitcoin back in 2013. I couldn't even remember transferring it to Blockchain. I was getting confused regarding the address and the key and the seed. I found the key from a paper wallet I mentioned earlier in the thread and using it, I managed to recover my Bitcoin Cash. The seed I created didn't. I also had another 16 word seed I had written down years ago. I tried that and it didn't work but I think it was linked to my Blockchain wallet. I am learning slowly. When I purchased Bitcoin it was worth around £100. Who would have thought it would have reached these heights and until recently, I thought I had lost mine until I decided to search in an old computed I had lying around and found the account name with Blockchain in my 'favourites'. My only regret is not having bought more.

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Quote from: BitDraig on September 04, 2021, 03:51:39 AM

Thank you for all your help. I've learnt a lot. I've moved my Bitcoin Cash over to Coinbase now. Now onto Electrum SV. Is this the correct link to it's Wallet? I couldn't find a link from https://bitcoinsv.com/en

Can you post your address (if you don't mind the privacy loss)? I'm curious to see if you lost your BSV/BCH-A to the lack of replay protection. The BCH-A Fork is now worth more than BSV.

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