How to sweep Bitcoin Gold (BTG) from a paper wallet using iOS

After searching for weeks for a way to retrieve my Bitcoin Gold from a paper wallet on either Windows or iOS I finally achieved it.

You will need your private keys to achieve this. If you have your BTG stored in a wallet or exchange that does not give you the private keys this will not work.

You need 2 free iOS apps:

• BitPie
• Bither

(Note: Bither was not on the App Store when I first looked (at least not on the Australian AppStore, it might be elsewhere in the world), but I found a link to download it directly from their site onto my device. If you don’t get it from the App Store you have to go into Settings > General > Device Management > Beijing Dejiacai > Trust to allow the app to run.)

1. Make sure both apps open correctly before continuing
2. Open BitPie and ensure you have an active BTG wallet (or create one if necessary)
3. Open Bither and tap Options > Advanced Options > Import Private Key
4. Enter your full private key here. If successful, it will import your paper wallet into Bither.
5. Tap Options > Get BTG, then tap on the wallet you just imported
6. It will ask which Bitpie BTG address to transfer the balance to. Copy your deposit address from Bitpie into this Bither screen, and enter the Bither password you created earlier.
7. Your BTG will then be transferred to your BitPie wallet within a few minutes.
8. Once it arrives in BitPie, you can exchange it for another currency within the app or send your balance to an exchange like Binance.

I highly recommend sweeping your ENTIRE wallet for the full balance (including the BTC as well as the BTG, separately) as once you give out your private keys you should probably ditch that wallet.

These instructions were accurate as of 21 Dec 2017, but I cannot guarantee the accuracy in future. Perform these steps at your own risk.

Please comment if you find any errors in these steps.