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ymgve / bitcoin_fork_claimer

Script for transferring/claiming your coins on various Bitcoin forks
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Manually create a wallet for each forked coin before running the script? #66

Closed torbengb closed 6 years ago

torbengb commented 6 years ago

Having read the README.md, it's clear to me how to use the script itself. But I'm still unsure of exact steps around using this script, specifically the destination address: This may sound stupid but do I have to manually create a wallet for each forked coin, and specify that wallet's public address in the script's command?

I'm just asking because "findmycoins.ninja" tells me I have unclaimed amounts in around 15 different forks and I assume I would have to manually create 15 corresponding wallets. Before I do that tedious task, can you confirm that I'm right? I really do have to manually create a wallet for each forked coin?

forkdrop commented 6 years ago

At forkdrop.io, we have a large collection of guides that specifically reference this tool. This one hopefully covers some of your questions: https://forkdrop.io/preparing-to-use-bitcoin-fork-claimer-tool

If your plan is to sell the forks, creating a deposit address for an exchange is an acceptable destination address. Otherwise, if you are planning on holding the coins on different addresses, then yes you will have to create a new wallet address.

torbengb commented 6 years ago

Thank you for that link - it is truly detailed and very newbie-friendly.