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You can convert extended keys using the Electrum cli now. For example:


Run `electrum help convert_xkey` for more info.  

You can't change the derivation path though. I wrote a script that lets you do that. It uses electrum functions for everything. Example:

Use the same command on the cosigners' wallets. Actually the below one is safer:


You put enter this on the console tab (view menu > show console)

If you're not able to use the appimage and you're not willing to update your OS then your only option is to use electrum 3.2.4. Just don't follow any links in error messages.

Best to update the OS. pyqt5 is probably compiled against the python version that came with the OS and that's why it won't work with python 3.6 that you installed from the 3rd party repo.

Use the app image. Here's a script for downloading it.

WIF keys are the only ones you should use. The uncompressed (begins with 5) and compressed private keys (K or L) correspond to different addresses. Look them up on a block explorer to find out if any coins were sent there and then import the corresponding priv key.

WIF keys have a checksum in them that detects typos. The reason you couldn't import the uncompressed priv key is because you made a mistake copying it or copied extraneous characters. That's why the next button was greyed out.

Edit: OP use the app image version they are now offering. It contains all the dependencies: https://electrum.org/#download

AFAIK tails has less than 3.2 so that's why you couldn't sign a transaction created by it with a 3.2.3 offline wallet.

In the OP you said you had 3.2.3 on your online system too. You shouldn't have said that if you weren't sure.

Yes starting with your BIOS and OS. You also have to trust your hardware manufacturer.

They use code signing. More details here: https://www.gpg4win.org/package-integrity.html

Here's a guide to verifying the gpg sig. I suggest you update your electrum from electrum.org. That way the only problem you might face is difficulty spending bitcoins at which point you can simply switch servers and try again.

OP says he used export button.

edit: offline signing works fine on testnet.

edit 2: OP you installed 3.0.1 on both the offline and online systems? I ask because transactions generated by 3.2.3 can't be signed by 3.0.1. They changed the format for saved transactions in 3.2.0 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

This would be a pointless exercise. Do you even know how people end up installing fake electrum versions? Most of them google electrum and follow a link in an ad to the fake electrum site. Others are falling prey to the phishing messages in old electrum versions. Non of these people frequent this or any other community forum. If they did they would know better and would only download from electrum.org.

Now consider what happens when people who have fallen prey to fake versions come here and complain. They never visited this forum before but when they need help they seek it out. What are we to tell them? Would it serve any purpose to ask them whether they verified the hashes? The fake sites have hashes for the fake versions so there is no point in verifying hashes. As HCP pointed out hashes alone do not let you authenticate the source of the software. A digital signature of the maintainer is required for that.

Why are you and other users so resistant to learning how to verify digital signatures? It only takes a few minutes to learn how to do this. Here's a guide if you're interested.

You use the export option in the preview window on the send tab not on any other transaction from the history tab. I'm guessing you exported an incoming transaction instead.

You export the unsigned tx to file, transfer that to the cold wallet, sign it, transfer the signed tx to the online pc and then broadcast it. You may be able to use QR codes to do some of this work instead but the idea is the same.

If the above is not working I suggest starting over by creating the watch only wallet again via file > new/restore, enter unique filename and click next. Proceed as before using your cold wallet xpub.

Did you run electrum from a usb flash drive? Was it the portable or standalone version? I ask because you've mentioned both above

You have the same wallet on multiple devices and the other addresses in the wallet match?

there is no such thing as a basic wallet. what characters do your addresses start with? bc1, 1, or 3?

what happens when you go to the addresses tab, press ctrl+f and paste in that address?

Electrum doesn't publish hashes because even fake websites can publish hashes. Digital signatures OTOH cannot be faked. So take the time to learn to verify the digital signature. It'll serve you well in the future.

electrum.org is the correct site btw.

some mining pools will mine your transaction for you if you pay them. viabtc has this service. it takes tx id as input thought. you could try broadcasting via the tool on their site. it may accept zero fee transactions. if it does it'll return a tx id which you can use.

another one is btc.com: https://pushtx.btc.com/

It would be easier if you simply used the latest version of tails instead of attempting to upgrade electrum on an old version of tails.