How do I retrieve uninscribed BTC from Ordinal Inscription (Taproot) addresses?
How do I retrieve uninscribed BTC from Ordinal Inscription (Taproot) addresses?
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How do I retrieve uninscribed BTC from Ordinal Inscription (Taproot) addresses?
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Steps to take:
Update the Wallet extension to version 4.9.0 or above.
Scroll down to the collectables section.
Click the amount of BTC in Ordinal Inscription addresses.
You will be shown uninscribed BTC.
Double check every hash:output to make sure!
Click “Retrieve bitcoin” to send it to the wallets’ native Bitcoin address.
Wait for the transaction to confirm and see the amount added to your BTC balance.
Video (gif):
What is looks like after confirmation:
Using another wallet, for example Sparrow.
Download the alternative wallet for example https://sparrowwallet.com/download/
Go to: File, new wallet
Name the wallet
Set script type to Taproot
Input the seed phrase from your Leather (BIP39, do not use a passphrase)
One-by-one, right click on each UTXO listed in the table from within the “Output” column and select "Copy Transaction Output”:
Check the output on a BTC explorer to make sure it is the BTC you want to retrieve (and not an ordinal). For example: 71175d09c544715488951a4a8c1a606239f0faff440f617fed5c1be4486db762:0 https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/71175d09c544715488951a4a8c1a606239f0faff440f617fed5c1be4486db762
When in doubt check the specific output, for example in this transaction the output (7780 sats) contains an ordinal: https://mempool.space/tx/e6312e2afe0cf5413880c3c1ac3fe8f6fb43ebfbaca3ca37f1b61beea999f86d
The output is displayed like this (note the :0 at the end after the transaction hash) e6312e2afe0cf5413880c3c1ac3fe8f6fb43ebfbaca3ca37f1b61beea999f86d:0
Searching for it on an ordinals explorer you'll see that it has an inscription: https://ordinals-explorer.generative.xyz/output/e6312e2afe0cf5413880c3c1ac3fe8f6fb43ebfbaca3ca37f1b61beea999f86d:0 you do not want to retrieve this BTC.
When you have found the right UTXO, right click to send:
Then send it where you would like: