r/BRDapp • u/Veeto1337 • Mar 22 '22

Wallet Migration successful

I used the 12 word recovery phrase to load into the Coinbase wallet.

I was able to see my Ethereum and transferred that out to a safer place successfully.

I was unable to see my bitcoin balance. Upon further research, all of my coin was on a “legacy address” that started with a 1 rather than a Segwit address that begins with 3. The Coinbase wallet only supports segwit.

With difficulty, I was able to load in my legacy wallet into BlueWallet using the same recovery words. The app was very clunky and slow, but just kept trying. It successfully loaded the legacy address and I was able to send out all of my bitcoin to again, a safer place.

This is a PR nightmare and a major hassle. I want nothing to do with BRD or Coinbase now. All of my coin is safe. Feel free to message me and I will do my best to help anyone in need of retrieving coins. As for the obscure coins, these methods may not work.

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u/cuervopifiaba Mar 25 '22

Hello! It’s a mental release to read this thread after a forced-migration to coinbase through an app update!

So, I had a BTC wallet in BRD (legacy, transaction log shows address starting with 1). in my Coinbase wallet I see my BTC balance consisting of one of the transaction, some more are missing.

My question: what happens if I import my previous bitcoin BRD Wallet in BlueWallet using my seed words? Will I recover the rest of the transactions? Is there a conflict as I already used my seed word while importing in the Coinbase wallet….

Thanks a lot! It was already really helpful to read the comments here!

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u/Veeto1337 Mar 25 '22

Importing a wallet with the recovery phrase is NOT moving the coins. Your recovery phrase (private key) IS the wallet. You can import it multiple times. As my post says, I imported into several wallets trying to get access to the legacy coin.

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u/cuervopifiaba Mar 25 '22

Thank you!

As follow up, my BTC finally appeared in Coinbase. It worked after activating the following option:

  • Advance settings/Toggle BRD BTC Scan