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Quote from: fred dave on July 28, 2017, 03:22:18 PM

Hello,

I have Blockchain wallet, and also pc wallet but my bitcoins are stored in my blockchain wallet

So is it safe to store it there during the fork ?

Thanks

You have a Desktop Wallet then what's the use of it if still you will stored your bitcoin in blockchain webwallet. You primarily hold your private keys there but can we think of a way to minimize the risk?

No questions asked, you already have what you need. Transfer your bitcoin to that desktop wallet, save your keys and you will be fine.

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Quote from: aishyoo17 on July 29, 2017, 10:17:51 AM

If you want to make sure that your bitcoin will be safe then go for offline wallet like bitcoin core. I am not saying that blockchain.io is not safe but storing your bitcoin to a wallet that you hold the private key is more safe.

Any wallet where you have private key control is ok in every situations. Online wallet and exchanges wallet are risky at all situation, not only in Fork. These websites are owned by companies that are making choices on them and it is their choices to make. But some of you get kind of crazy in ways that are designed to take advantage of situations and the finances of these various coins. Some of them have done things like stop allowing people to withdraw coins on a specific coin when they felt the value is going to start going down.

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Quote from: fred dave on July 28, 2017, 03:22:18 PM

Hello,

I have Blockchain wallet, and also pc wallet but my bitcoins are stored in my blockchain wallet

So is it safe to store it there during the fork ?

Thanks

You can move it to a private BTC wallet where you control the private keys. Or if you like to get BCC, you can move it to any good exchange that has signalled support for it.. GOOD LUCK

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Just keep the electronic trumpet is good keep your coins, with it your coins are safe and will not go where. Blockchain wallet is safe for the fork.

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Quote from: fred dave on July 28, 2017, 03:22:18 PM

Hello,

I have Blockchain wallet, and also pc wallet but my bitcoins are stored in my blockchain wallet

So is it safe to store it there during the fork ?

Thanks

i dont know any info about this
we should ask Blockchain.info. No one but them can tell us the complete information about retaining control of bitcoin during and after the split.

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Quote from: FasTroy on July 29, 2017, 09:46:30 AM

Quote from: LoudA__ on July 29, 2017, 09:23:22 AM

Quote from: dimanyc on July 29, 2017, 09:04:08 AM

I use blockchain.info wallet exclusively on my iPhone, not my computer. How safe is it then?

Block chain wallet I think is the safest web wallet I know. As far as I know, there are no news or articles or reports that the block chain wallet is being hacked or robbed. So we can say that wallet from blockchain is secure and dependable.

You are right, It's too safe wallet as i know. but many people here are prefer to send all their bitcoin to an Electrum wallet, which they said that it's more secure. But personally, I didn't think that will be problems in 1 aug in blockchain wallet. I hope that this date pass without any problems concerned bitcoin wallets.

In terms of the fork in August 1, blockchain.info did not support the fork so itnis better to send our bitcoins in other wallets like sir theymos suggested. There are wallets that suggested by sir Theymos that is Ok and is safe to store your coins, though, it is too late to send it there now because the forking is now close.

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Blockchain wallet is definitely safe as long as you are aware of something wrong.
And regarding hard fork on August 1st, there's nothing to worry as all you have to do is doing nothing during that day, do not send or receive payment in bitcoin form, just use other coins or cash.
But, there are some features of blockchain wallet which is detrimental for bitcoiners such as they've set high fees to send bitcoin and it doesn't support or hard to export private keys. You may try https://github.com/OmniLayer/omniwallet/wiki/Exporting-Private-Key-from-Blockchain.info-and-Importing-to-Omniwallet.org

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If you want to make sure that your bitcoin will be safe then go for offline wallet like bitcoin core. I am not saying that blockchain.io is not safe but storing your bitcoin to a wallet that you hold the private key is more safe.

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I have heard that Bockchain wallet is going to be the only place for safe storage of bitcoins during the fork. But I heard it from my friend who is also in the community, so, as you can suppose I have no proves.

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Quote from: LoudA__ on July 29, 2017, 09:23:22 AM

Quote from: dimanyc on July 29, 2017, 09:04:08 AM

I use blockchain.info wallet exclusively on my iPhone, not my computer. How safe is it then?

Block chain wallet I think is the safest web wallet I know. As far as I know, there are no news or articles or reports that the block chain wallet is being hacked or robbed. So we can say that wallet from blockchain is secure and dependable.

You are right, It's too safe wallet as i know. but many people here are prefer to send all their bitcoin to an Electrum wallet, which they said that it's more secure. But personally, I didn't think that will be problems in 1 aug in blockchain wallet. I hope that this date pass without any problems concerned bitcoin wallets.

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Quote from: dimanyc on July 29, 2017, 09:04:08 AM

I use blockchain.info wallet exclusively on my iPhone, not my computer. How safe is it then?

Block chain wallet I think is the safest web wallet I know. As far as I know, there are no news or articles or reports that the block chain wallet is being hacked or robbed. So we can say that wallet from blockchain is secure and dependable.

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I use blockchain.info wallet exclusively on my iPhone, not my computer. How safe is it then?

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Quote from: fred dave on July 28, 2017, 03:22:18 PM

Hello,

I have Blockchain wallet, and also pc wallet but my bitcoins are stored in my blockchain wallet

So is it safe to store it there during the fork ?

Thanks

Using Blockchain wallet actually it's very safe,but many phising website will pop out when you try to reach it,
i experienced something like that before,and my PC got viruses.this viruse is a bit special when it's only affecting my keyboard and my clipboard.
during splitting what you need is your private keys,because after split you need private keys to access your Bitcoin clone.
If you hesitate and not sure about it,just use cold storage/offline storage.
you can find a lot of cold storage,one of the best as far as i know :
Electrum,Trezor.

Just remember,the most important thing is 'private key'.because it's a key to access your clone coin and don't forget to back up your wallet if something goes wrong Wink

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Looks like everyone has move their bitcoin into electrum, yes this is the most famous wallet we ever heard in this forum regarding hard fork due to its feature to export private keys.
Blockchain,info should be safe during hard fork and you suppose to get bitcoin cash as well https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57202/in-case-of-the-bitcoin-split-when-holding-btc-on-blockchain-info-will-i-rece But, since you do not hold the private keys, better to move out from blockchain wallet.

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Thanks everyone, so it is better to store the coins in pc wallet like Electrum, I just transferred my coins to this wallet

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Quote from: BTC Builders on July 28, 2017, 05:37:02 PM

I decided a couple weeks back I couldn't trust blockchain.info at the fork because I simply couldn't find any info about their plans for it. Moved my coins to a local Electrum wallet.

IVe heard others saying just to be safe just transfer bitcoin in a safe wallet. All of my bitcoin I transferred also in electrum wallet. As my friends recommend this wallet to me, just save the private keys and lets wait what may happen this coming aug1.

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Quote from: Celsiuss on July 28, 2017, 05:43:38 PM

I'm wondering about the same thing. I haven't found any info about it. Luckily I have access to the private keys on my blockchain.info addresses. So I think I'm good.

I think blockchain wallet may be safe but in a case of split happen then I'm not sure whether we have an option to get Bitcoin cash new coins in blockchain wallets because there is no clear information available on it. So I have transferred all my bitcoins to electrum wallet from blockchain wallet. It is very easy to use and we can backup all our private keys as well.

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I'm wondering about the same thing. I haven't found any info about it. Luckily I have access to the private keys on my blockchain.info addresses. So I think I'm good.

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I decided a couple weeks back I couldn't trust blockchain.info at the fork because I simply couldn't find any info about their plans for it. Moved my coins to a local Electrum wallet.

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Your balance would still be there during and after the fork. However, just to be safe it's better to import your private keys into another wallet which you have full control with. Blockchain.info is notorious to have too many bugs. Might wanna save yourself from days of depression when the fork happens.

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