Title: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: McRobbieD on January 23, 2016, 11:43:33 AM I am using Electrum 2.5.4.
I am having a problem sending bitcoin. I click the send tab, specify the pay to, description, amount and press the send button. Then a dialogue box appears stating the Transaction ID, Status: Unsigned, Amount Sent, Transaction Fee, Inputs and Outputs. It doesn't seem to include a 'broadcast' 'send' or 'sign' button. The only buttoms are Copy Save and Close. If I press 'Close', nothing happens, the transaction does not seem to broadcast to the network, and I don't think the transaction is being signed or completed. The balance remains the same, which is frustrating because I want to move the bitcoins from electrum wallet to my trezor. Many thanks in advance for any help! Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: twister on January 23, 2016, 12:29:33 PM Not sure but it looks like you're trying to send the coins from a watch only address and because it doesn't have its private key in the wallet, electrum is not offering you the sign/broadcast/send options.
Did you restore this wallet from Master public key? Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: McRobbieD on January 23, 2016, 02:33:11 PM yes i performed the 'sweep funds' function but i thought i had swept into a new electrum wallet ID...? Is there anyway to put the private key into the wallet?
Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: ColderThanIce on January 23, 2016, 04:48:25 PM Is there anyway to put the private key into the wallet? Yes there is:
Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: shorena on January 23, 2016, 06:13:12 PM Is there anyway to put the private key into the wallet? Yes there is:
Nope, OP is using 2.5.4, it no longer allows importing keys into existing wallets. https://i.imgur.com/0iQyYgZ.png Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: ColderThanIce on January 23, 2016, 07:20:00 PM Nope, OP is using 2.5.4, it no longer allows importing keys into existing wallets. Good catch, I didn't realize that I wasn't running 2.5.4 (I'm using 2.3.2 right now). If the sweep option isn't working for OP, he could always try using an older Electrum version, such as 2.3.2, and then importing the keys.https://i.imgur.com/0iQyYgZ.png Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: vfilchef on January 27, 2016, 05:19:40 PM You can use version 2.5.1 like me he have Import and work fine.You can find it here https://download.electrum.org/
Title: Re: Electrum cannot send bitcoin - please help! Post by: -XXIII- on January 27, 2016, 05:58:48 PM Nope, OP is using 2.5.4, it no longer allows importing keys into existing wallets. Good catch, I didn't realize that I wasn't running 2.5.4 (I'm using 2.3.2 right now). If the sweep option isn't working for OP, he could always try using an older Electrum version, such as 2.3.2, and then importing the keys.https://i.imgur.com/0iQyYgZ.png You can import WIF in 2.5.4, but you have to create that specific wallet type first: https://i.imgur.com/WZ8Z44s.png You need to select "Restore a wallet or import keys" when selecting File>New |