Manually claiming TCY

Sometimes the THORSwap interface has bugs or API issues with THORChain. Below is a way you can claim TCY (for an old Savers/Earn position or open Loan) manually using a basic Send operation.

Preparation

There are 2 steps that must be done before you can issue a claim:

Get your own THORChain address

You need to have your own self-custody wallet THORChain address (thor1xxx). Sometimes people call this a “RUNE wallet”.

Any wallet that supports THORChain coin type 931 (the default) should work.

There are many wallets that support this asset. Three examples are Trust Wallet, Gem Wallet, and Vultisig.

Get THORChain protocol details

You now need to get various details from the THORChain protocol about the chain pertaining to your Savers/Earn position or open Loan. An example will be provided below.

Visit https://gateway.liquify.com/chain/thorchain_api/thorchain/inbound_addresses and look for a chain: "XXX" section, where XXX is the chain your asset lives on
- Some chains are named unintuitively; for example, Cosmos chain is named GAIA
- This is documented: https://dev.thorchain.org/concepts/querying-thorchain.html
Within the section, find the halted field and make sure it is set to false
- If the value is true then you cannot issue a claim at this time (chain is paused on THORChain)
Within the section, find the address field, as you will need it later
- Note: this address can change based on THORChain churn, load balancer infrastructure, and there being multiple THORChain vaults
Within the section, find the dust_threshold field and convert it from 1e8 format into into a human-readable number using math: dust_threshold / 10^8

Below is a preparation example for BCH chain.

This is purely an example and should not be used verbatim, otherwise you are likely to lose funds.

We visit https://gateway.liquify.com/chain/thorchain_api/thorchain/inbound_addresses and find the "chain": "BCH" section:

{
    "chain": "BCH",
    "pub_key": "thorpub1addwnpepq2dxvtsjwz8de5k96ct7aap2d7ccgjeekr02n0eudcankqa02d89udx7767",
    "address": "qpk3zrsl6nlxm9mr8au8fenn932sjw0m8y4pnsakyk",
    "halted": false,
    "global_trading_paused": false,
    "chain_trading_paused": false,
    "chain_lp_actions_paused": false,
    "observed_fee_rate": "2",
    "gas_rate": "3",
    "gas_rate_units": "satsperbyte",
    "outbound_tx_size": "1500",
    "outbound_fee": "104393",
    "dust_threshold": "10000"
},

From this we can tell:

The chain is not halted ("halted": false) – great!
The destination address is qpk3zrsl6nlxm9mr8au8fenn932sjw0m8y4pnsakyk
The dust threshold is 10000, so the human readable value is 0.0001 (math: 10000 / 10^8)

Claim issuance

Connect your wallet to THORSwap V2: https://v2.thorswap.finance/
- This should be the wallet that contains your Savers/Earn position or your Loan collateral
In the left menu, go to Wallet > Send and select the relevant asset
For the amount, enter the amount calculated from the Preparation step exactly – no more, no less
For the recipient, enter the address from the Preparation step
For the memo, enter: tcy:thor1xxx where thor1xxx is your own THORChain address from the Preparation step
- This syntax is documented: https://dev.thorchain.org/concepts/memos.html#claim-tcy
Click Send

Remember that newly claimed TCY is auto-staked, so it won’t show up as (held) TCY in most wallets. You can use one of the above block explorers to see how much staked TCY you have, or use Rune Tools (see below).

Additionally, remember that to unstake TCY, your THORChain wallet need to hold RUNE for transaction costs. Each transaction costs 0.02 RUNE.

Post-send verification

Visit either https://runescan.io/ or https://thorchain.net/ THORChain block explorers
Search for your own THORChain address
You should see a TCY Claim transaction that was successful (no errors). If there are errors, they should be shown

You can also verify that your old Savers/Earn position or open Loan has been closed:

Visit https://rune.tools/tcy-claims
Search for your old Savers/Earn or open Loan address
The “Claimed” column should have a green checkmark

To verify you have staked TCY:

Visit https://rune.tools/tcy
Search for your THORChain address
Relevant details should be shown to you, including staked amount and any earnings over time