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Title: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 18, 2017, 06:29:46 PM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that?
Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: Abdussamad on January 18, 2017, 06:50:40 PM Use file > new/restore to create a new wallet if you already have an existing wallet. Otherwise just run electrum and it'll show the new wallet creation wizard on first startup.
Select 'standard wallet' type. Then 'I already have a seed'. Then on the seed entry screen click on 'options' and check 'bip39 seed'. Enter your blockchain.info wallet seed words. The rest of it is just clicking next, next, next. You can use electrum safely on an online PC. Cold storage and such are only for advanced users and people with lots of bitcoins to secure. Since you are just starting out running electrum on your own PC is enough. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: Jhanzo on January 18, 2017, 07:37:18 PM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that? Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? If you don't know how to get your private keys in blockchain.info, just create a new electrum wallet and transfer all your funds to it. Getting non-imported private keys from blockchain.info is a tedious business. You'll get much less headache by doing that. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 18, 2017, 08:51:13 PM Use file > new/restore to create a new wallet if you already have an existing wallet. Otherwise just run electrum and it'll show the new wallet creation wizard on first startup. ok THanks sir but if i did this can i still use my wallet from blockchain web wallet to ? or once it is imported in Electrum it will be removed from blockchain?Select 'standard wallet' type. Then 'I already have a seed'. Then on the seed entry screen click on 'options' and check 'bip39 seed'. Enter your blockchain.info wallet seed words. The rest of it is just clicking next, next, next. You can use electrum safely on an online PC. Cold storage and such are only for advanced users and people with lots of bitcoins to secure. Since you are just starting out running electrum on your own PC is enough. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 18, 2017, 08:54:04 PM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that? Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? If you don't know how to get your private keys in blockchain.info, just create a new electrum wallet and transfer all your funds to it. Getting non-imported private keys from blockchain.info is a tedious business. You'll get much less headache by doing that. That is really a good option . but can i have a link for how the steps to get blockchain private keys . just for learning. :) Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: Jhanzo on January 18, 2017, 09:22:01 PM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that? Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? If you don't know how to get your private keys in blockchain.info, just create a new electrum wallet and transfer all your funds to it. Getting non-imported private keys from blockchain.info is a tedious business. You'll get much less headache by doing that. That is really a good option . but can i have a link for how the steps to get blockchain private keys . just for learning. :) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990345.0#post_bci2 and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1488375.msg15008846#msg15008846. The second one involves entering your seed on a site (https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/). If you're going to do it, download the page and do it offline (See "Offline Usage"). Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 18, 2017, 11:02:38 PM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that? Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? If you don't know how to get your private keys in blockchain.info, just create a new electrum wallet and transfer all your funds to it. Getting non-imported private keys from blockchain.info is a tedious business. You'll get much less headache by doing that. That is really a good option . but can i have a link for how the steps to get blockchain private keys . just for learning. :) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990345.0#post_bci2 and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1488375.msg15008846#msg15008846. The second one involves entering your seed on a site (https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/). If you're going to do it, download the page and do it offline (See "Offline Usage"). Thanks a lot sir Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: Abdussamad on January 19, 2017, 08:01:38 AM I have blockchain.info web-wallet that i want to import to Electrum desktop wallet can i do that? Also i am kinda newbie . Can i ask what is the best way to use Eletrum safely .I only have one pc that is always connected to the internet. How to save my Electrum on an offline usb ? If you don't know how to get your private keys in blockchain.info, just create a new electrum wallet and transfer all your funds to it. Getting non-imported private keys from blockchain.info is a tedious business. You'll get much less headache by doing that. That is really a good option . but can i have a link for how the steps to get blockchain private keys . just for learning. :) note that it is not a good idea to mess around with the private keys of an HD wallet like bc.i or electrum. ok THanks sir but if i did this can i still use my wallet from blockchain web wallet to ? or once it is imported in Electrum it will be removed from blockchain? You can use the wallet in both places. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 19, 2017, 10:00:11 AM Okay thanks a lot sir was really helpful . One last thing tho . what would be your advice import the BC.in in the electrum ? or just make new wallte in electrum and and use both?
Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: ranochigo on January 19, 2017, 11:18:38 AM Okay thanks a lot sir was really helpful . One last thing tho . what would be your advice import the BC.in in the electrum ? or just make new wallte in electrum and and use both? If you need the addresses used in Blockchain.info, just import and remember the seeds.If not, I would recommend you to just create a new wallet in Electrum and use only Electrum. Blockchain.info is far too unstable IMO. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: Abdussamad on January 19, 2017, 02:01:19 PM Okay thanks a lot sir was really helpful . One last thing tho . what would be your advice import the BC.in in the electrum ? or just make new wallte in electrum and and use both? If you need the addresses used in Blockchain.info, just import and remember the seeds.If not, I would recommend you to just create a new wallet in Electrum and use only Electrum. Blockchain.info is far too unstable IMO. Yes I agree with this advice. Title: Re: Import a web wallet Post by: khufuking on January 19, 2017, 05:40:30 PM okay thanks a lot guys :)
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