Should I NEVER discard private keys even after spent? - page 3.

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Quote from: DrBitcoin on August 20, 2017, 08:30:15 AM

sold the two Bitcoins for $1000 a piece

Sorry for your loss. Nah, why bother keeping those keys? I've deleted wallets & private keys before with no regrets and they wouldn't have helped with bcc anyway, as was pointed out.

No harm in doing it though, if it's convenient for you.

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Quote from: DrBitcoin on August 20, 2017, 08:30:15 AM

About 6 months ago, I sent 2 Bitcoins from a paper wallet to Coinbase and sold the two Bitcoins for $1000 a piece. I believe I discarded the paper wallet with the private keys on it because the wallet was spent.

If I had access to those private keys, would I have access to those Bitcoin Cash and all future forks?

Also...is this an argument to NEVER discard private keys even if the wallet is empty?

Well, I guess much better for you to save the private key still, if you know to yourself that you're gonna use it someday. Unless you're not gonna use it, I think that would be fine if you discard it.

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I also try my best to keep all of them, especially one day when you discover some alt-coin's air drop too late and it may save you some money (true story... Like CLAM coin)

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You will get Bitcoin Cash coins only of you had owned Bitcoin on August 1. Since you spent your coins 6 months back, and the balance in your wallet was zero on August 1, you don't qualify for the free Bitcoin Cash Airdrop. BTW, isn't it possible to generate the private keys again? Were you using an online wallet, such as the one from Blockchain.info?

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I try to save all mine, you never know. There may be a small amount of satoshis left in your addresses that could be worth $50 one day.

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No, you would only get BCH from those keys if there was BTC in them at the time of the fork.

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About 6 months ago, I sent 2 Bitcoins from a paper wallet to Coinbase and sold the two Bitcoins for $1000 a piece. I believe I discarded the paper wallet with the private keys on it because the wallet was spent.

If I had access to those private keys, would I have access to those Bitcoin Cash and all future forks?

Also...is this an argument to NEVER discard private keys even if the wallet is empty?

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