Thanks for your help everyone.

Just to close out this chat, I ultimately updated the firmware on my Ledger and the BTC app and then used the Ledger seed recovery phrase to create a new wallet on Electrum using the BIP39 seed option and it worked!  Once the new wallet was synchronized, I was finally able to send my BTC. 

I recommend anyone else having this trouble to do the same.

Reply to nc501c:

Quote from: peterpiper23 on August 22, 2025, 12:52:39 AM
*  Confirm public key.....Path 44'/5757'/0' (followed by a Public Key). I am then given the option to either "Approve" or "Reject if you're not sure". 
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*  After I click "Approve", the Ledger goes back again to #1 and says "Register Wallet" (thus forcing me to go through #1 and #2 repeatedly unless I click "Reject").

In that transaction, how many addresses are displayed in the "Inputs" part of the advanced transaction preview?
Because you'll have to repeat it as much as the number of addresses, thus unusual pubKey paths to approve.

There are 27 Input addresses listed and 2 Output addresses listed (these appear once I click "Reject").  Are you saying that I have to go through the Register Wallet sequence twenty seven (27) times before it will allow me to sign the transaction?

Thanks

Unfortunately, I have the Ledger Nano S. 

I have used Ledger Live, however, I don't see these BTC anywhere so not sure how I could transfer the BTC to the wallet that I want - please explain how to do this, considering that I only have the seed for the Ledger Wallet - not the Electrum wallet where I deposited the BTC.

Hoping someone can help me with this problem:

I have an older Electrum wallet (linked to a Ledger wallet) with some BTC that I am trying to send to a different wallet address.

However, every time I try to send the BTC, the Ledger wallet says: 

*  "This derivation path is unusual

*  Confirm public key.....Path 44'/5757'/0' (followed by a Public Key). I am then given the option to either "Approve" or "Reject if you're not sure". 

After I click "Approve" (since I recognize the Public Key), the Ledger wallet says:

*  "Register Wallet" (with options to either Approve or Reject).

*  Then (after I click "Approve"), the same Public Key appears (with the option again to either Approve or Reject).

*  After I click "Approve", the Ledger goes back again to #1 and says "Register Wallet" (thus forcing me to go through #1 and #2 repeatedly unless I click "Reject").


Perhaps related, is my lack of understanding for how exactly the Electrum Wallet work with regards to sending BTC.  For example, under "Fee Policy", there is a dropdown menu with 3 options: Feerate, ETA, and Mempool.

Which one do I select and what is the quantity of Fee Policy that I should put (in vMB from tip)?  Regardless of which quantity I select (on the sliding scale), a message says "The fee for this transaction seems unusually high" (ranging from 5.81 to 23.4 percent of the amount)

Not sure if my lack of understanding here may be causing an issue with sending the BTC.

Two key questions I have:

Question #1: Is there another wallet that I can use (other than Electrum Wallet) to access these BTC so I can send them?

*  The problem is that I do not have the Private Keys for the Electrum Wallet (as it is just linked to my Ledger)

NOTE 1: When I previously sought help online for this issue several years ago, some poster on a different forum said: "You have the option to restore the seed to a cold-storage set-up with that 'script type' and 'derivation path'. It is arguably safer than your Ledger if everything is setup correctly. If nothing worked, you can consider it via Electrum and an offline (air-gapped) machine"

NOTE 2: I previously tried using Sparrow Wallet with my Ledger to create a new wallet using the same derivation path (m/44'/5757'/0'), however, I ran into problems. After I attempted to send the BTC to a different wallet, I selected the Public Server and:

*  Clicked on "Create a Transaction", "Finalize a Transaction for Signing", and then "Sign"

*  Then a small popup box appeared showing my connected Ledger plus another button that said "Sign" (which I clicked on)

*  It then said "Signing" but then gave an error message: '0x6982', 'Error in command'   (Not sure what this could mean?)

Should I not have chosen the "Public Server"?  The problem is, I recall that the other 2 server options were unable to connect.


Question #2: Is there any other way of regaining control over this wallet (without updating the firmware on my Ledger to the latest version to avoid updating the Ledger Recover protocol, which I do not trust)?

Thank you!!

Yes, the wallet address matches the address on my Electrum wallet which are holding the funds.

Good news - after I did what you said (i.e., File/Preferences/Server) and clicked "test connection", my transactions started to appear and I finally saw my BTC holdings.

Bad news:  After I attempted to then Send these BTC to a different wallet, I chose the Public Server and then clicked on Create a Transaction, and then Finalize a Transaction for Signing, and then Sign, a little popup box came up and showed my Ledger with another button that said "Sign" - so I clicked on that and then it said "signing" for a little while....until I got an error message that said:  ('0x6982', 'Error in command',").  

Any ideas?

Should I not have chosen the Public Server for security reasons?  The problem was, I don't think the other 2 server options were able to connect.

Also, separately (but perhaps related), I noticed on this new Sparrow wallet that I created on the UTXOs tab it shows a list of Unspent Transaction Outputs (all with the identical address and all having a red exclamation mark next to it that says "Duplicate Address".  I have the option to highlight all of them and click on "Send Selected".  

Should I do this?

Thanks in advance...sorry for the newbie questions!

Thanks for the suggestions.

Unfortunately, it still doesn't seem to work.  In Sparrow, I can see my wallet address, however, it is not showing that I have any BTC.  And when I try to Send some BTC, any amount I enter is either "Amount too low" or "Insufficient Funds".

When I click on "Transactions", I don't see any prior transactions listed (which I probably should since I was accruing BTC from PlanBetter).  However, at the bottom it says "Wallet loading history for XX (wallet name)".

Is it possible that it takes a long time for the wallet to "load" and show everything and all I need to do is wait?

Hi there...apologies but I'm still trying to figure this out and would like to follow your advice.  Can you please be more specific with regards to the exact steps that I should take to try this out?

After I download Sparrow wallet, should I open up a New Wallet or Import a Wallet?

I tried creating a New Wallet and I selected the option "Show Derivation" and entered in the 44'/5757'/0' derivation path that was previously shown to be causing an error on my Electrum wallet.  However, once this wallet was created and connected to my Ledger, it is clearly a new wallet with no history and obviously no BTC that I could send.

I'm not sure if I need to Import my wallet from Electrum - and if so, how I would even do so, since I don't have the keystore - it's just an app.

Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions.

Unfortunately, nothing has worked.  I enabled/disabled the Change Address several times and I even ended up updating the Ledger to the latest version but I'm still getting the same error.

Any other ideas/suggestions?

Is there any other way to send my BTC from this address other than using Electrum Wallet with my Ledger (even though that is how I originally set it up)?

Thanks

I am using the latest Electrum wallet version, however, I have not yet updated my Ledger because of the recent "backdoor scandal"...but regardless, I just used a completely different Ledger (also not updated) and a different Electrum wallet and I was able to send my BTC with no problems.

My last resort is to update the Ledger, but first I would like to try to enable or disable the change address on the Electrum wallet to fix this issue, as you suggested.

How exactly do I do this?  I'm not sure what the "change address" is.  

Thanks!

With my Ledger I can open my Electrum wallet and see that I have some BTC in my wallet.

However, I am unable to send this BTC to a different address because I have the following problem:

Once I enter the BTC address into my Electrum Wallet (I've tried several different addresses and the same issue happens), the following message pops up on my Ledger:  "This derivation path is unusual....Confirm public key.....Path 44'/5757'/0' followed by a Public Key that I do not recognize (I can either Approve, or the next screen says "Reject if you're not sure".  

I've Approved (just to see if it will work), and then my Ledger makes me go through 2 steps:

Step 1: Ledger says "Register Wallet" which I have to either Approve or Reject.  

Step 2:  After I "Approve", my Ledger then shows the same Public Key as before which I have to either Approve or Reject.

If I "Approve" Step 2, my Ledger brings me back again to Step 1 and says "Register Wallet" and it forces me to go through Steps 1 and 2 repeatedly.

All the while, my Electrum Wallet says "Signing Transaction" (but it never actually does).

Can anyone help me fix this issue?

Thanks