You should update your OS urgently my friend, because you are going to encounter more and more problems if you keep using Windows XP. Windows XP was a very stable OS and i also liked it very much, but now support is finished, so are security updates, and if i were you, i would upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as possible.
Because Windows 7 is even better and more stable than Windows XP was, and above all you will be up-to-date again, as Windows 7 keeps getting security updates, which can't be said from Windows XP.
Windows XP is an outdated OS now, no more support from Microsoft, no more updates, so think about upgrading my friend !

Wooow Shorena,

With your clear and correct answers, i have already learned sooo much !
Because now i fully understand the concept of receiving addresses, their related public keys (compressed and uncompressed), that each receiving address has a different public key and private key, and the fact that there is only one master private key and one master public key. You know, i've been asking a lot of questions on different forums lately, and only you could give me the correct answers !! I guess a lot of people still don't know what they are talking about when it concerns bitcoin.

You clearly stand out from these other wannabe's,  only-posting-for-signature morons !

I will not forget to donate to your node my friend !  

OK, but it doesn't matter which receiving address i use for the obtaining a public key, right ?

Since all receiving addresses stay permanently in the electrum wallet if i'm correct ?

I already used bitaddress.org to create paper wallets, so i know the tool, but i didn't know it could do that also. I will try it.

I'm not gonna import a pvt key into electrum. I'm just gonna import the pvt key of my electrum default wallet into bitaddress.org offline, so it can give me the compressed public key of my default wallet.

So if bitaddress.org tool can derive my public key from my private key, then that means basically that every receiving address in my default wallet has the same public key, correct ? (since my default wallet only has one private key and x receiving addresses).

OK, i will gladly donate to your node then.

Shorena,

If i only have the uncompressed public key, how can i convert it to the compressed format ?
Is there a conversion tool anywhere for it on the net ?
Because i need the compressed format.

Thanks.

THank you VERY MUCH Shorena !!!  

I can't stress it enough.


First of all for warning me of a lot of people just posting for their signature, which i think was everyone on this thread except you, since you are the only who has given me clear and CORRECT answers !!  And all the others were mostly just plain wrong, so they probably indeed had another reason for posting like you said.

Shame on the others for misleading me by just posting something for your signature !

This answer from you deserves a reward, and in time i will contact you for your BTC address. and deposit you some BTC into your wallet, for the warning and giving me clear correct answers ! First i need to acquire some BTC, but it will happen, because i am thankful for your answer?

So i can just use any receiving address in electrum ? All receiving addresses in electrum are static and remain there forever in your wallet ?

And once again i will ask the same hoping for an answer  : how do i obtain the public key of a receiving address in electrum ?

A public key is absolutey NOT the same as an address.

If you think that, then go to coinb.in and click on generate new address, and tell me why "public key" and "address" are two different strings. I'm curious to your explanation.

And why i need a public key of an address ? Wel, you need public keys to create multisig transactions.

I suppose i could also use coinb.in offline, which immediately also gives me the public key on top of the address and pvt key.
Only thing is it is less personalized address

OK MRKLY,

So like you suggested, i will use Vanitygen to create a static BTC address. And then what ?

1) I import the private key in electrum ?  After importing it, i suppose i can spend money from it (because i want to move the BTC to another address constantly)

2) But then how do i obtain the public key of this generated static BTC address ? Because on the website of Vanitygen it only gives me a BTC address and a private key, but no public key of the address. How do this in electrum, obtain a public key of an address ?

Hello guys,

I am somewhat new to bitcoin and electrum, and wanted some help from more experience people like yourself :

1) How can i create a static receiving address in electrum  ? Or is this unnecessary since all receiving addresses in electrum automatically static ? (meaning they stay forever in your electrum wallet)
Because i want to have a receiving address in electrum, which i can always use to receive donations. So that people who want to donate can always use this same address.  But i don't want to always having to publish another address after a certain period.

2) How do i obtain the public key (compressed) for this receiving address ? Is this just right clicking on the receiving address ?

3) Can i use this same public key from that receiving address for multisig transactions ?


regards,
zip.