Before I get started on this process, I thought I'd ask here:
Does anyone familiar with a Ledger Nano S know if there is a way to sweep an old btc paper wallet to it by just scanning the QR? I'm away from home and trying to help someone make that move and split off the clones. I've used coinomi, but the btc amount is enough to give me pause; the shitcoins we don't care, but it scares me to sweep xx btc to that sketchy wallet. Don't want to set up another wallet. Sweeping to an exchange is out due to withdrawal limits.
TIA
Does anyone familiar with a Ledger Nano S know if there is a way to sweep an old btc paper wallet to it by just scanning the QR? I'm away from home and trying to help someone make that move and split off the clones. I've used coinomi, but the btc amount is enough to give me pause; the shitcoins we don't care, but it scares me to sweep xx btc to that sketchy wallet. Don't want to set up another wallet. Sweeping to an exchange is out due to withdrawal limits.
TIA
If you are sweeping an old btc paper wallet, by definition 'sweeping' implies you have another wallet. I am new to Ledger Nano S, but it's best to move the BTC off completely first (I know you said you don't want to, that's just IMHO). I wouldn't trust my private key to anyone, and you have to do that for the splits. Generate a new pair, and move the BTC off, first. Electrum I believe lets you scan QR codes directly.
The Chrome apps for Ledger Nano S support several alts, but seem to require you to be signed in as Your Username Here. I have only tried the Chrome extensions a few times.
You could be more private in the first place, by using the newest Electrum. It has native support for the basic Ledger Nano S. Electrum probably won't have SuperBitchinBitcoinRainbowCoin support. The Chrome extensions support several. You have to get the Ledger Manager first: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ledger-manager/beimhnaefocolcplfimocfiaiefpkgbf?hl=en
Thanks, I swept the paper wallet's btc to the nano s wallet using mycelium, as suggested by the European Central Bank earlier. Then, as i've done before, used coinomi to get the bch btg and btx .
I got to keep the btx as a fee, so it was worth the effort. I even found that I have an unused account at Cryptopia that I set up years ago - chrome even had the password still
