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Bitcoin => Electrum => Topic started by: anticonformist on January 24, 2019, 10:20:02 AM



Title: help creating watch only wallet from a multisig wallet
Post by: anticonformist on January 24, 2019, 10:20:02 AM
i created a multisig wallet and now i want to create a watch only version of the wallet. When creating the watch only wallet should i select:

standard wallet
multisignature wallet



Title: Re: help creating watch only wallet from a multisig wallet
Post by: igor72 on January 24, 2019, 10:27:23 AM
multisignature wallet


Title: Re: help creating watch only wallet from a multisig wallet
Post by: nc50lc on January 24, 2019, 10:57:56 AM
Easy, you just need to know the xpub key of all the cosigners to create a watch-only multisig wallet.
XPUB or Master Public Key starts with "xpub";
example: xpub661MyMwAqRbcGuKyz9sJMYEKaJfkL9izJkh7jHakA9ZEEwYgmXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX.

Here are the steps:
  • 1. New/Restore->Select "Multi-signature Wallet"
  • 2. Pick the number of cosigners and required signature(s) based on the main wallet (must be the same)
  • 3. Select "use Master Key"
  • 4. Paste Cosigner1's xpub key (Master Public Key) click next, then next again.
  • 5. Select "Enter Cosigner key" and paste the xpub of the the second cosigner.

Continue steps depending on the number of consignees.