i have a bitcoin core wallet that is several years old. this means i can claim an equal amount of every forked coin right? i know about bitcoin cash, what are the other forked coins i can claim? i know i have to find a new wallet that supports the new coins, and i know there are plenty of them floating around. but the truth is i know nothing about any wallet other than bitcoin core, and i'm unsure which wallets are considered trustworthy within the community. recommendations would be appreciated.
There's a
list here with the exchanges that support the coins.
So just paste your addresses there to check the amounts they have for each fork.
Findmycoins.ninja has a longer list but some of the forks may be untrustworthy.
If you're going to download other wallets then first send out all your bitcoins, and install the wallet software in a virtual machine so it is sandboxed and any malware present cannot affect your host machine.
i know i have to have a wallet before the fork, but is there any other time sensitive requirements i should know about? can i claim my forked coins at any time? considering not doing anything for now and doing this at a later date. do coins spent after the fork effect the amount received when i claim the forked coins or is it all about the snapshot of the block chain at the time of the fork?
i appreciate the education guys.
As long as the blockchain of the forked coin is alive you can always
"claim" your fork coins at a later date.
Once the snapshot is taken then you can spend your bitcoins and it would not affect your fork coins.