ECX live since October 29: claiming and selling the fork coins without putting your bitcoin at risk

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Since October 29, every self-custodied bitcoin address has held the same amount of ECX. If you want to claim and sell the fork coins, you first have to separate them with replay protection, or you risk losing your ECX the next time you move bitcoin.Claiming ECX means cleanly separating two holdings that share a common origin.Add as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google NewsECX belongs to you if you held the private keys to your bitcoin yourself at Bitcoin block 973,728: since the eCash mainnet launched on October 29, the same addresses hold the same amount of ECX. You can claim the coins by separating them from your bitcoin with an eCash wallet and a replay-protected transaction, and you must do so before you move your bitcoin. If your bitcoin sit on an exchange, the exchange alone decides whether you ever receive anything. So far ECX can only be sold on a handful of small platforms. Our two earlier articles on the subject covered the run-up: how the snapshot at block hei...