Really sorry, but I'm not sure I understand the bolded part. Do you mean I need my private keys to transfer the coins to a new wallet? I plan on doing that with the BTC Core wallet, which would be using my private keys, obviously.
Then I can safely use my (now empty) old wallet to claim the coins, it I got it right.
You need the private keys to be able to "claim" the fork coins... essentially, you need some way to get those private keys into a forkcoin wallet application.
The options are:
- If there is a [compatible forkcoin wallet], simply use the old wallet file from your Bitcoin wallet
or
- Export the private keys from Bitcoin Core, then import them into [insert forkcoin wallet here]
or
- If you have a wallet that supports 12/24 word seeds, you can recreate your wallet in [insert forkcoin wallet here] by restoring your wallet using your 12/24 word seed
You currently have a Bitcoin Core wallet.dat. This does not support 12/24 word seeds, so that option is not available. Instead you can:
NOTE: you should do the following after you have created a new_wallet.dat in Bitcoin Core and moved all your BTC to new_wallet.dat!Option 1. Install BitcoinABC & BitcoinSV "node" software (like Bitcoin Core, but built for BCH/BSV).
- You will need to download and sync each blockchain for each fork that you want to claim. This will require significant on disk storage space and time.
- Then, using BitcoinABC/BitcoinSV node software, open your (now empty) old wallet.dat and let it rescan
- It will find any/all BCH/BSV that is controlled by the private keys in your old wallet.dat
- Do what you want with the BCH/BSV that you find (send to another wallet, sell on an exchange etc)
Option 2. Install "lightweight" SPV wallets compatible with the forkcoins and import private keys.
- As per LoyceV's message, your options are things like:
Next, you need to
export your private keys from the
old wallet.dat. You can do this very easily using the
dumpwallet command on the Bitcoin Core console. This will generate a text file that contains ALL your private keys.
Once you have successfully exported your private keys, you then need to
import them into the lightweight BCH/BSV wallet that you installed. How you actually achieve this depends on the wallet you're using. Most have a menu option that allow you to "import", or in the case of the Electrum "clones" (ElectronCash + ElectrumABC), when you create the wallet, there is a "Import Addresses or Private keys" option.