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Bitcoin => Electrum => Topic started by: ttookk on April 20, 2016, 03:07:35 PM



Title: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: ttookk on April 20, 2016, 03:07:35 PM
Hey,

Can anyone tell me how I find out the private key of an electrum wallet adress? All I could find so far was a private key for the whole wallet, any chance to find the one for a specific adress?

Thanks in advance


Title: Re: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: traderbit on April 20, 2016, 08:58:17 PM
Hey,

Can anyone tell me how I find out the private key of an electrum wallet adress? All I could find so far was a private key for the whole wallet, any chance to find the one for a specific adress?

Thanks in advance

I don't use electrum but with a search on google i found this pic maybe you should try this. (instead of sweep, try export)
http://themerkle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/electrum-sweep.png
Taken from http://themerkle.com/how-to-recover-your-bitcoins-from-blockchain-info-using-electrum/


Title: Re: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: Lutpin on April 20, 2016, 09:00:23 PM
I don't use electrum but with a search on google i found this pic maybe you should try this.
That's importing (sweep or import option), OP seems to be wanting to export his private key.
[The export option however lists all addresses and their according private keys]



@OP:
Either do what traderbit suggested, or to show/export a single key only, do the following:
Go to Addresses -> Right-click on the address from which you want to export -> Private key -> Copy the output


Title: Re: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: ttookk on April 20, 2016, 11:42:38 PM
Export worked. Thanks all. (I am a little embarassed, I mean it was right there :P )


Title: Re: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: perrysaico on October 24, 2017, 12:42:36 PM
Thanks for this :) Got my private key too :)


Title: Re: How to get the private key of an Electrum wallet adress?
Post by: Abdussamad on October 24, 2017, 07:46:59 PM
Bring the addresses tab into view via the view menu. Then switch to that tab, ctrl+f to search for the address in question, right click on it and choose the option to view the private key.