Free Coins!!!! Bitcoin Forks and How to Claim it!
With the recent price increase of Bitcoin Cash, right now is a good time to cash out on some of your Bitcoin forks!
What is a Bitcoin fork? Fork is when someone creates a new altcoin blockchain that split off from the original Bitcoin blockchain. The new blockchain will share a transaction history with Bitcoin up to a certain time and date. So, if you hold some bitcoin during the fork, you will have the same amount of coins in the new blockchain.
Here are some forks that happened this year with the date it was forked and how to claim it. I personally tested these forks to make sure its safe to claim. Hope you can use this information to see if you have some coins that you can claim!
BitCore (BTX)
First fork snapshot at block 463604 (April 1 2017, claiming service ended Oct 30th)
2nd snapshot at block 492820 (Nov 2 2017)
This is a weird fork. They first took the Bitcoin blockchain snapshot at block 463604 which you had to claim through their claiming service at https://bitcore.cc/. Which was very easy since you just had to send them a message from your Bitcoin address and did not have to give out your private key.
Now, they have a new snapshot taken at block 492820 and you can claim your BTX using the directions here. To make a claim from the new snapshot, you will have to use your Bitcoin private key in the BTX wallet. Therefore, I recommend you to move your Bitcoins to a new wallet with a new private key before you enter your private key information in the BTX wallet.
Recommended exchange for exchanging BTX: https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Forked at Block 478559 (Aug 1 2017)
This is the one that everyone have been talking about lately. Currently at over $3000USD. I ended up claiming this coin back in September when it was $300 and exchanging it for Bitcoins. Bad move on my part. :(
In order to claim this, you will need your private key or 12 word mnemonic key from your Bitcoin wallet that held some coins back in Aug 1st 2017. Then you need to import that key to a new wallet that supports BCH such as Coinomi. For me, this process was very easy as typing in my 12 word mnemonic key from Mycelium into Coninomi.
Here is a site that explains how to import private keys to Coinomi from all popular wallets.
Recommended exchange for exchanging BCH: https://www.binance.com
Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
Forked at Block 491407 (Oct 24 2017)
Bitcoin Gold is another fork that occurred back in October. The purpose of Bitcoin Gold is to make Bitcoin mining decentralized again by changing the proof-of-work algorithm from SHA256 to Equihash.
The way to claim this coin is same as Bitcoin Cash. BTG is supported by Coinomi so all you have to do is import your private keys to Coinomi.
Recommended exchange for exchanging BTG: https://www.binance.com
Other Forks
There are some other forks such as the following:
Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) Block# 495866 / Nov 24 2017
Bitcoin Lightning (BLG) Block# 498553 / Dec 10 2017
Bitcoin Hot (BTH) Block# 498848 / Dec 12 2017
United Bitcoin Block# 498777 / Dec 12 2017
Super Bitcoin (SBTC) Block# 498888 / Dec 14 2017
BitcoinX (BCX) Block# 498888 / Dec 14 2017
I'm not going into detail with these ones because there are not many information on them yet or they sound scammy. If you do want to go claim these though, make sure you move your Bitcoins to a new wallet with new private key before you enter them anywhere.
Colclusion
So, there you go folks! With the 3 forked coins I went over, the amount of coins that you can claim can be a pretty decent amount. So, good luck and happy fork claiming!!!!
Thanks a lot for your post! I didn't know about BTX!
And have an Android phone, details.
One has to wonder, will waiting for Coinomi on iPhone be like waiting for cable?
Whoa, sorry. I did not know Coinomi was not on iPhone. I guess there is this but I have not tried it.
No worries. Every article I've seen anywhere says Coinomi, and seems to be the only solution at the moment. They have been saying the iPhone app is coming soon for months. Hence the "waiting for cable" ;)
Thanks for the link, will have to check it out.
Nice! Don't forget the upcoming Bitcoin Diamond, Super Bitcoin, Bitcoin God, and all of that other weird shit coming out!
Yeah, gotta be careful with all those though. It would be a good way to steal people's private keys.
Most definitely. I'm just holding onto my keys and when a trusted, verifiable solution comes, I'll claim that way. If you hold your keys, you're good!
Did you claim all of these coins?
I claimed BCash and BTG to test a while back but I'm not claiming from old keys until I need to.
not everybody is smart ;))
Bitcoin Cash has now been added to Coinbase. There has already been a surge in value with Bitcoin Cash BCH as the market responds to the big news. Standby for liquidity on GDAX.
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