Quote from: zebedee on June 19, 2015, 12:54:57 PM

Quote from: shorena on June 17, 2015, 10:23:40 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on June 15, 2015, 09:01:24 AM

Quote from: shorena on June 03, 2015, 11:30:34 AM

True, but in case of a fork electrum might only work for one of the possible bitcoin forks.

that's not true. The Electrum client will not be affected by the max block size change.

Maybe I was not clear. I was referring to the scenario where Bitcoin XT emerges as an alt different from Bitcoin, with an identical historical blockchain. In this case I would assume you (and others running Electrum servers) would have to decide which coin to follow.

Is this a wrong assumption?

It doesn't matter. All you need is your seed; your coins are on both forks.

If a server is following the wrong chain, switch to a different server. In the impossible situation everyone is following the wrong chain, export your private keys to another client.

However that scenario makes no sense, since your coins, from before the fork, are valid on both forks, so it really doesn't matter which fork your server is following, unless you're receiving coins more than 100 blocks after a fork.

People need to chill out, a fork isn't the end of the world some people want to make it seem.

ALERT - Claiming BCC using an Electrum wallet - only private keys might work

There has been a suggestion from a r/btc source (https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6qiak7/bcc_clients_are_listed_here/) that Bitcoin Cash (BCC/BCH) wallets might not recognise Electrum seeds i.e. private keys need to be imported into Bitcoin Cash wallets. Here's the latest advice from Electrum, which acknowledges that either seeds, or private keys will have to be used:

"BCC wallets will require you to import your seed or your private keys,
which can be exported from Electrum. Doing so will expose all your
Bitcoin funds associated with that seed to the BCC wallet you decide
to use.

Therefore, *after* the BCC fork, but *before* you enter a seed or
private key in a BCC wallet, you should move all your funds to a new
Electrum wallet, with a new seed. You will still be able to use the
old seed or private key with BCC, because BCC has replay
protection. Wait until your funds are confirmed in your new Bitcoin
wallet, before you enter the old private key in a BCC wallet. This
will protect your BTC funds from rogue/untrusted software."

In the event that private keys have to be used to claim BCC/BCH in a Bitcoin Cash wallet, how exactly should one proceed?
I know how to use the export private keys function in Electrum to generate unencrypted .csv, or .json files showing addresses and their associated private keys.
Does simply copying and pasting those addresses and private keys into the import function of a Bitcoin Cash wallet do the trick?
Do you import your private keys with their corresponding addresses individually, or all together?

Step-by-step, how should this be done? Expert opinion please!

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