1. m/0/2 is the derivation path. see bip32: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawikiYou can derive an entire hierarchy of key pairs and addresses from a seed and the derivation path denotes where in the tree your particular key pair/address are. 2. No you can't since I've only shown you how to derive the one private key. You better use electrum in watch only mode and use the electrum command line interface to derive addresses. on linux `electrum help` should show you the command line options. 3. Electrum gets slow when you have a lot of addresses and you have to be mindful of the gap limit as well. The gap limit is the number of unused addressses that electrum keeps track of. By default it is just 20. So if you need thousands of adddresses you may be better of using bitcoin core |
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You can derive the corresponding private key by going to the console tab (view menu > show console if it isn't visible) and typing in this code: from electrum import bip32 as bip32
from electrum import bitcoin as bitcoin
mk=bip32.BIP32Node.from_xkey(getmasterprivate())
mkderived=mk.subkey_at_private_derivation("m/2")
bitcoin.serialize_privkey(mkderived.eckey.get_secret_bytes(), True, "p2pkh")
You may be asked to enter your password at some point in this process. Then you copy what it spits out to the clipboard (p2pkh:...) and either sweep the private key (will cost you fees) or create an imported private key wallet with it: https://bitcoinelectrum.com/sweeping-your-private-keys-into-electrum/https://bitcoinelectrum.com/importing-your-private-keys-into-electrum/ |
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freenode has been having some problems so they created a chat room #electrum on liberachat. you should try that.
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You are trusting your linux repo for the rest of the OS so there's no harm in trusting it for electrum as well. The package manager does the verification so you don't have to do it.
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Alright guys. Just last question, is the legacy seed strict? or is it possible that I used this seed to create legacy wallet when I was trying to test it..
I mean, I'm very organised person and I tend to test and verify things and I just can't simply digest that I messed up this way ;o) I haven't created 2 wallets intentionally. So I'm trying to think of a way how this could have happened.
Is it possible that in the older version of Electrum, I created my first wallet. And then I learned about it a little (it was my first wallet) and revealed my seed and then I tested this seed to see if I can recover the wallet from it. Just to confirm myself that the seed works.
But instead of restoring same wallet I somehow created new one (legacy one) using this seed not understanding that it's not the same wallet? So I took one of the address and transferred btc to it.
And now I don't know how I used this seed to create that second wallet...
The problem with Electrum (it's probably not a problem but consequence of how seed recovering work) is that when you use anything that is accepted as seed it always creates "some" wallet. So it's easy to "restore" different wallet by mistake especially when it has no transactions on it yet.
Any ideas? the puzzling thing here is that seed seems like segwit but receiving address is legacy.
A segwit seed will always restore a segwit wallet and never a legacy wallet. You have the wrong seed. |
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I'm confused. I have 12 words seed which electrum identifies as segwit. But the address I sent btc is not same type, therefore it cannot belong to this wallet?
Yep. The seed you have is for a different wallet. Look for the seed to your legacy address wallet. |
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Hi, I'm trying to restore my Bitcoin wallet that I created 4 years ago with Electrum. I have got a seed with 12 words. I only made one transfer to the wallet from my coinbase account which is recorded here https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/acac52b8482bb75945a93b9c5b939fe5dc701063e9df591bf2bed768ca692f7dWhen I restore wallet with my seed I get 0 bitcoins on it. I'm trying to find out what is wrong but I don't understand few things. 1. how can I confirm that restored wallet is the correct one that received transaction on the link above? Check the addresses tab for the address where the coins were received. You can bring that tab into view via the view menu and then switch to it and press ctrl+f to search the list of addresses. 2. is the seed case sensitive? my noted seed has got 12 words all lowercase only one word I have written down is with first letter capital. Does it matter? When I'm recovering wallet in electrum it does let me to restore wallet when I change letter to capital or lowercase but if I change the letter to different one it does not allow me to continue. Seems like it is case insensitive?
Yes it is case insensitive. 3. if I get my wallet restored correctly, how do I verify that someone hasn't got hold of my wallet and didn't transfer bitcoin out of my wallet? If the restored wallet is the one I expect would I see the transaction history in electrum with all transfers in and out?
You would see it on the history tab. I suggest you try the things listed here: https://bitcoinelectrum.com/frequently-asked-questions/#why-does-restoring-my-wallet-from-seed-lead-to-a-different-wallet |
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You can't sign arbitrary multisig transactions in electrum. You need to use bitcoin core raw transactions for this. Alternatively coinb.in, the website, might work.
You can get th eprivate key by going to the addresses tab (view menu > show addresses if it isn't visible), doing ctrl+f to search for the address in question and then right clicking and choosing private key. Be sure to remove the script type before using it on other software. The script type is the colon and everything that comes before it. Your private key should begin with L or K.
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I mean I received x times several bitcoins on the same electrum wallet and I had to create new adresses each time in order to receive the bitcoins (that's why I have several reception addresses for the same wallet).
But I guess with the seed I will recover the whole wallet.
yes you will |
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Of course, TrustedCoin can't help you, you don't have the original e-mail and you can't prove absolutely anything, for them the point is quite clear.
I'm not familiar with what TrustedCoin wants for recovery but why aren't they asking for a signed message to recover the 2FA? It is pretty simple too. OP says he has the file and the password so he has to have access to 1 of the 3 master private keys so he has the child private key of the first address too. Both OP and TrustedCoin know the 3 public keys of the first address, they can ask OP to sign a message from the 1 public key out of 3 that he has to prove he has access to the wallet file. Perhaps because there's no second factor with just access to the wallet file? He has to prove he has access to the email address he used when creating the wallet. |
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Just start over via file > new/restore.
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@Abdussamad, link does not work in Firefox - SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
Works fine for me. I use firefox too. What version of firefox are you using? |
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You shouldn't be using anything other than the latest electrum. It is compatible with old seeds including version 1.x ones. You wouldn't have been able to restore from seed if it wasn't.
You should try the things in the link i gave above.
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o_e_l_e_o he also has to select legacy p2sh as the script type.
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To add to what nc50lc is saying a standard wallet (single sig) will have a different derivation path than that for a multisig wallet so doing it like that could create more issues down the road.
edit: when restoring the multisig wallet from seed you will have to enter the same derivation path as in the guide i.e. bip49.
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Go to file > new/restore on the new computer, enter a meaningful filename and click ok. Then choose "standard wallet" and then "I already have a seed". Enter your seed to restore your wallet.
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run it with this command: |
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how do you add funds to your binance account? do Pakistani banks allow you to wire them money?
Also bitcoin reached a milestone recently. PKR 1 crore per coin!
No, we cannot directly transfer and buy bitcoins from binance. We have to use a P2P channel, where by a person will transfer bitcoin into our binance account while we pay him equalent amount of money in his bank. The binance P2P platform or any other P2P service will act as our escrow. I'm guessing you can't receive wire transfers from them either? That is sell your bitcoins and receive fiat wire transfer? |
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