It is better to restart from the beginning
1. Create a new wallet and get a new btc address you are sure to own:- Go to "Settings", then "Addresses", then click on "+ Add", name your new wallet and click on "Create new"
- Click on "Home" tab, click on "Receive", select
your new wallet, and copy the displayed address: this is
your address from
your new wallet (I will call it "
New wallet address").
2. Move your bitcoins (from "old" wallet) to your New wallet address:- On Blockchain.info "Home" tab, click on "Send", select your
OLD wallet ("From:"), paste your
New wallet address ("To:"), write the desired amount of BTC (old wallet balance minus fee), then send it.
- Wait for transaction confirmation.
3. Byteball wallet and transition bot:- Open Byteball wallet
- Open transition bot ("chat with the Transition Bot" link on byteball.org)
- Follow the instructions
- Transition bot asks you to send a small btc amount to an address it gives you, copy this address (I will call it "
Bot address") and copy the amount.
4. Send a small amount to transition bot:- On Blockchain.info "Home" tab, click on "Send", select your
NEW wallet ("From:"), paste the
Bot address ("To:"), paste the small amount of BTC required by the bot, then send it.
- Wait for transaction confirmation.
5. Byteball wallet and transition bot again:- Open Byteball and transition bot ("chat with the Transition Bot" link on byteball.org) again.
- The transition bot should now confirm that your Byteball address is linked to your
New wallet address.
Now you're going to tell me: "But transition bot says I have 0 BTC on my address!". It is normal because your bitcoins are on a CHANGE address. We have to send them back to the linked BTC address! You will have to repeat the following steps EVERY time you spend a part of your bitcoins.
6. Send back your bitcoins to your linked address:- On Blockchain.info "Home" tab, click on "Send", select your
NEW wallet ("From:"), paste your
New wallet address ("To:"), write the desired amount of BTC (new wallet balance minus fee), then send it.
- Wait for transaction confirmation.
7. Check transition bot again: the displayed balance should be correct
Ok, I did the first 5 steps. I created a new address, moved all the coins over to it and then sent from that address and the bot confirmed and now the bot says I have 0 BTC. But I honestly do not understand your instructions on repeating the steps. For instance, lets just call my current confirmed address ABC. So when I go to the blockchain all my coins are resting in address ABC. The bot has received my payment from address ABC, but apparently can't see my balance for some reason.
Can you please go over again what do to from here again? You say "Send back your bitcoins to your linked address" but I don't know what you mean by CHANGE address and linked address. I don't understand what CHANGE and linked mean.