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Board Electrum
Re: Electrum Private Key
by
kolloh
on 31/07/2017, 01:42:23 UTC
Thanks Kolloh. Very reassuring with all the conflicting information around. I didn't want to experiment with my Bitcoin wallet with just hours to go before the BIP148 UASF/SegWit implementation and the subsequent hard fork.

So let me get this right - the sequence of securing Bitcoin Cash would be something like this:
1) After the fork install a new Electrum wallet and send all your existing BTC from your old wallet to it;
2) Install a BCC wallet (or BCH as it is now being called);
3) In your old wallet, click on the 'Wallet' tab > 'Private Keys' tab > 'Export' tab to reveal the private keys and addresses;
4) Copy and paste each private key individually and import them one-by-one into the BCC wallet using the 'Import' function;
5) Copy and paste each address individually and import them one-by-one into the BCC wallet using the 'Import' function;

or copy and paste the whole lot in one go straight into the BCC wallet, if that wallet allows it. Have I got it right?

For anyone who is interested, here's a list of links leading to wallets recognising BCC from the https://www.bitcoincash.org/ website:
Bitcoin ABC https://www.bitcoinabc.org/
Bitcoin Classic https://bitcoinclassic.com/downloads/bcc/
Bitcoin Unlimited https://www.bitcoinunlimited.info/download
Bitcoin XT https://bitcoinxt.software/
Electron Cash http://www.electroncash.org/
BTC.com https://wallet.btc.com/#/setup/register
Freewallet https://freewallet.org/
Coinomi https://coinomi.com/ ... and the
Ledger https://www.ledgerwallet.com/  and
Trezor https://wallet.trezor.io/#/  hard wallets

I understand Jaxx is also working on a BCC wallet http://decentral.ca/jaxx-statement-bitcoin-cash-bch/

Any recommendations for ease in importing private keys and addresses, or even any that simply use the seed words to access BCC?

Yep, those steps are accurate. Although step 5 likely won't be necessary as importing the private keys should import the corresponding addresses as well.

I'm not sure which BCC wallet I'll try to use yet, it looks like Electron Cash is still Coming Soon.