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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to extract Bitcoin Gold from a 2fa Electrum Wallet [STEP BY STEP]
Hi! First off - thanks so much for this tutorial! However, when I open my electrum text file, my x2 priv key states "null" and does not give me anything, (neither does x3). I can't regenerate my wallet with the 12 seeded pass phrase, but I was able to regenerate the wallet and disable 2fa (I believe?) Or is this my problem?
Please let me know asap - thanks!
Please let me know asap - thanks!
Ok well now I'm totally confused, did I lose my BTG forever? Because --- I just imported my private key from my Mac which contained the "3" address and I imported the associated private key to my Dell PC Electrum wallet and created a new wallet through the standard set up and imported my private key.... now my private key that was on my Mac has a "1" address... but when I look up the "1" address the explorer doesn't return a result... but when I go back to view my "3" address I still see the BTG
Did I lose it forever since my new electrum wallet reassigned my private key to a "1" address?
Did I lose it forever since my new electrum wallet reassigned my private key to a "1" address?
No, you haven't lost it... the private key hasn't be "reassigned"... When you export a private key from Electrum for a "3" address... it doesn't get your ALL the private keys required to recreate that "3" address. Your wallet should say something like "2of3" or "2of2" or something like that in the title bar... The first number is the minimum number of signatures required to sign transactions... the 2nd number is the total number of private keys used to create the wallet.
So if you have "2of3", the wallet was originally created by merging 3 keys together... but you only need any 2 of these to sign a transaction. Depending on how the wallet was actually made will determine how many private keys are actually stored in your copy of the wallet... and whether or not you need private keys from other wallets to "co-sign" your transaction.
Do you remember how you setup the wallet? what xprvs, xpubs you used? or did you create a "two factor authentication" aka "2FA" wallet?
Hey - yes I have a 2FA wallet. I imported my private key to a new electrum wallet and now that private key is assigned a "1" address.. which doesn't display the amount of BTG I have available like my "3" address does.... since the private key is now assigned to a "1" address does this mean that I'll be able to recover the BTG since the private key is also associated with the 3 address or does this not work?
I'm sorry if this sounds confusing - I'm really just trying to make sense of it myself. Any help is appreciated - thank you so much!
UPDATE: Did I lose my BTG forever?
Ok now I'm totally confused, did I lose my BTG forever? Because --- I just imported my private key from my Mac electrum wallet which contained the "3" address and I imported the associated private key to my Dell PC Electrum wallet and created a new wallet through the standard set up and imported my private key.... now my private key that was on my Mac has a "1" address... but when I look up the "1" address the explorer doesn't return a result... but when I go back to view my "3" address I still see the BTG
Did I lose it forever since my new electrum wallet reassigned my private key to a "1" address?
Ok now I'm totally confused, did I lose my BTG forever? Because --- I just imported my private key from my Mac electrum wallet which contained the "3" address and I imported the associated private key to my Dell PC Electrum wallet and created a new wallet through the standard set up and imported my private key.... now my private key that was on my Mac has a "1" address... but when I look up the "1" address the explorer doesn't return a result... but when I go back to view my "3" address I still see the BTG
Did I lose it forever since my new electrum wallet reassigned my private key to a "1" address?
This ONLY works for people with "1" address's, not 3 --- is there any method to work for a 3 address?? Can I import my private key ("3") into a new electrum wallet that supports ("1") address's?
This is the problem... you have a "3" type address... also known as "Pay to Script Hash" or "P2SH".This type of address is typically used for "MultiSig" addresses which, as the name implies, requires multiple signatures from multiple private keys to be able to sign for messages. Due to this multi-key setup, they can often be difficult to port from one "chain" to another. Historically, they're also difficult to move from one wallet to another, as you can't just export a private key and then import/sweep that private key.
Additionally, Electrum generates "3" type addresses for it's "Two Factor Authentication" or "2FA" wallets.
Theoretically, it SHOULD be possible to recreate the MultiSig in Bitcoin Gold... but I suspect that at the moment, it would be a manual process and somewhat technical (ie. crafting raw transactions and signing them manually).
Ok well now I'm totally confused, did I lose my BTG forever? Because --- I just imported my private key from my Mac which contained the "3" address and I imported the associated private key to my Dell PC Electrum wallet and created a new wallet through the standard set up and imported my private key.... now my private key that was on my Mac has a "1" address... but when I look up the "1" address the explorer doesn't return a result... but when I go back to view my "3" address I still see the BTG
Did I lose it forever since my new electrum wallet reassigned my private key to a "1" address?
I have sold my BTG just few hours ago on $410 and I already regret that decision, I guess I've got too exciting.
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
How did you recover your BTG? Did you have a "3" address from Electrum?
I think you can't split coins from a segwit address. not easily at least
....yeah and do you know how I go about doing this?
i don't know but a bunch of people are having the same problem, same with multisig addresses
I just imported my private key into a new electrum wallet and now I have a "1" address... however, when I try to locate this "1" address on a bitcoin gold explorer, I don't see the BTG balance. However, when I go back and view my previous address that began with a "3", I can see the BTG balance... not sure what I do....
I have sold my BTG just few hours ago on $410 and I already regret that decision, I guess I've got too exciting.
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
How did you recover your BTG? Did you have a "3" address from Electrum?
I think you can't split coins from a segwit address. not easily at least
....yeah and do you know how I go about doing this?
Hi - does anyone know how to retrieve BTG through an electrum wallet containing a segwit address - "3" address?
I've downloaded the BTG core wallet and followed a wiki step by step on how to "importprivkey" and it returned a null message. I checked my transactions / balance within the BTG core wallet and it did not transfer my BTG coins from the private key. What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Is it possible somebody already transferred it? I looked it up on the blockchain (public address) and it said there was BTG. How do I know if someone transferred it or something?
When I do:
importprivkey xGgCvhjaxxxxx98WDxvb MyExample
It doesnt pull any balance for me or a transaction history.
On my other computer, I had x amount of BTC at the time of the fork. My address on that one began with a 1 and I was able to recover my BTG through coinomi. However when I try through my Mac, my electrum wallet public address begins with a 3 and coinomi doesnt recognize it.... idk what else to do and its driving me crazy because not even the BTG core wallet pulls anything besides null and 0 transactions....
Should I recreate a new wallet on my Dell PC that has the 1 address with the private keys from my mac that has a 3 address? Will this do anything?
I've downloaded the BTG core wallet and followed a wiki step by step on how to "importprivkey" and it returned a null message. I checked my transactions / balance within the BTG core wallet and it did not transfer my BTG coins from the private key. What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Is it possible somebody already transferred it? I looked it up on the blockchain (public address) and it said there was BTG. How do I know if someone transferred it or something?
When I do:
importprivkey xGgCvhjaxxxxx98WDxvb MyExample
It doesnt pull any balance for me or a transaction history.
On my other computer, I had x amount of BTC at the time of the fork. My address on that one began with a 1 and I was able to recover my BTG through coinomi. However when I try through my Mac, my electrum wallet public address begins with a 3 and coinomi doesnt recognize it.... idk what else to do and its driving me crazy because not even the BTG core wallet pulls anything besides null and 0 transactions....
Should I recreate a new wallet on my Dell PC that has the 1 address with the private keys from my mac that has a 3 address? Will this do anything?
I have sold my BTG just few hours ago on $410 and I already regret that decision, I guess I've got too exciting.
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
Should I buy it back till the price is aroung $400, or maybe wait a day or two?
What would you do if you were me? I don't wanna miss a great chance here!
How did you recover your BTG? Did you have a "3" address from Electrum?
This ONLY works for people with "1" address's, not 3 --- is there any method to work for a 3 address?? Can I import my private key ("3") into a new electrum wallet that supports ("1") address's?
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Is this a way to recover BTG with the segwit address? It seems like this is on the right track... if I use my previous public key / private key (that had btc at time of fork) to create a NEW wallet... will this generate a "1" address in my new wallet? Or will I still not be able to recover my BTG....?
Are you saying that you have BTG in a Segwit address and want to be able to spend them?I'm not sure if the Bitcoin Gold Core wallet supports Segwit. But if it does, you should be able to use it to see and spend your coins. The only problem is that you will need to download the whole BTG blockchain and this should take some time and need at least 150gb of your HD space.
Other than that, the only lightweight that BTG currently has is Coinomi for Android, and they don't support Segwit addresses.
Yes - this is what I'm saying. Why wouldn't the BTG core wallet support segwit if it states on the website that BTG is segwit activated? That doesn't make sense to me.... I downloaded the core wallet and I can't import my private keys.
Can I create a new electrum wallet on my other Dell PC that has been giving out "1" address's and import my public / private key here to get a "1" address?
It's unfortunate that the only wallets available for BTG are the Core wallet (takes forever to download the blockchain and not sure I trust it) and mobile wallets. Coinomi is Android-only. Anybody have reviews on Freewallet? Is it safe?
You don't need to do anything. If you think the price of BTG will continue rising in the future, you can hold it. There is replay protection, so you can just use BTC normally and your BTG will remain held in the original keypair.
This market is so frothy right now, and alts are doing well. I wouldn't be surprised to see it go higher...
I've both BTG and BTC. Must I hold each or is exiting from BTG advisable??? I am confused.
You don't need to do anything. If you think the price of BTG will continue rising in the future, you can hold it. There is replay protection, so you can just use BTC normally and your BTG will remain held in the original keypair.
This market is so frothy right now, and alts are doing well. I wouldn't be surprised to see it go higher...
I've downloaded the BTG core wallet and still can't import my private keys and retrieve my btg.....
Is this a way to recover BTG with the segwit address? It seems like this is on the right track... if I use my previous public key / private key (that had btc at time of fork) to create a NEW wallet... will this generate a "1" address in my new wallet? Or will I still not be able to recover my BTG....?
Has anyone actually been able to get their BTG out of Electrum?
Tried Coinomi, but said wallet did not have funds (similar to what someone else hosted)
Tried Coinomi, but said wallet did not have funds (similar to what someone else hosted)
You can only do it through coinomi if you have a "1" address... I have a "1" and was able to retrieve some of my BTG... but my other wallet has a segwit address "3" and I can't retrieve any of them.... and I'm scared that I exposed my PK to public sites already and they will steal my BTG.... (bitaddress)
I looked up the public address on a block explorer and it shows that it is there... so I don't know what to do.... I even downloaded the BTG core wallet and tried to importprivkey and it didn't work either...
Hi - does anyone know how to retrieve BTG through an electrum wallet containing a segwit address - "3" address?
I've downloaded the BTG core wallet and followed a wiki step by step on how to "importprivkey" and it returned a null message. I checked my transactions / balance within the BTG core wallet and it did not transfer my BTG coins from the private key. What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Is it possible somebody already transferred it? I looked it up on the blockchain (public address) and it said there was BTG. How do I know if someone transferred it or something?
When I do:
importprivkey xGgCvhjaxxxxx98WDxvb MyExample
It doesnt pull any balance for me or a transaction history.
On my other computer, I had .003 BTC at the time of the fork. My address on that one began with a 1 and I was able to recover my BTG through coinomi. However when I try through my Mac, my electrum wallet public address begins with a 3 and coinomi doesnt recognize it.... idk what else to do and its driving me crazy because not even the BTG core wallet pulls anything besides null and 0 transactions....
I've downloaded the BTG core wallet and followed a wiki step by step on how to "importprivkey" and it returned a null message. I checked my transactions / balance within the BTG core wallet and it did not transfer my BTG coins from the private key. What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Is it possible somebody already transferred it? I looked it up on the blockchain (public address) and it said there was BTG. How do I know if someone transferred it or something?
When I do:
importprivkey xGgCvhjaxxxxx98WDxvb MyExample
It doesnt pull any balance for me or a transaction history.
On my other computer, I had .003 BTC at the time of the fork. My address on that one began with a 1 and I was able to recover my BTG through coinomi. However when I try through my Mac, my electrum wallet public address begins with a 3 and coinomi doesnt recognize it.... idk what else to do and its driving me crazy because not even the BTG core wallet pulls anything besides null and 0 transactions....
Guys - (sorry first post, long lurker), how the hell do I retrieve BTG with electrum? I have all my private keys, (only need one). But I can't touch coinomi because 1) I have segwit address's ("3") and 2) I don't have an android.
I downloaded the BTG core wallet, (took over 2 days). How do I sweep my private keys from electrum into the BTG core wallet so that I can retrieve my BTG coins? I'm not familiar with the command system and the core wallet doesn't seem that easy to navigate.
Has anyone tried this approach yet and can help me out? I'll send over $ to anyone who can help out with the process.
Thanks!
I downloaded the BTG core wallet, (took over 2 days). How do I sweep my private keys from electrum into the BTG core wallet so that I can retrieve my BTG coins? I'm not familiar with the command system and the core wallet doesn't seem that easy to navigate.
Has anyone tried this approach yet and can help me out? I'll send over $ to anyone who can help out with the process.
Thanks!