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June 02, 2019, 12:03:58 AM
Merited by LoyceV (2), ABCbits (1), o_e_l_e_o (1)
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I accidentally sent some BTC to a BCH address. It is an insignificant amount, but it made me realize that Electrum (legacy) wallets do not generate addresses in the same order as Electron or perhaps they use a different depths. If I recall correctly there are a few numbers which can be changed when generating a wallet 'x/y/z' where x is the BIP implementation and z is the depth.  Presumably, I should be able to see the BTC in Electrum if the client searches the blockchain for transactions.

Electrum: 3.3.6
Electron:   3.3.1
Operating System: Linux

I didn't provide the other specs, because I am more interested in understanding the problem than recovering an insignificant amount of BTC. In Electrum I loaded the transaction from the blockchain via Tools -> Load transaction which did not prompt Electrum to search if it could generate the address which received UTXO in that transaction.
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June 02, 2019, 12:45:48 AM
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Electrum and Electron Cash both use BIP 44 and SLIP 44 for determining the derivation path to use. So Electrum uses m/44'/0'/0'/0/* as that's the one for Bitcoin. Electron Cash uses m/44'/145'/0'/0/* as that is the one for Bitcoin Cash.

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June 02, 2019, 02:39:57 AM
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I see now. https://developer.bitcoin.com/tutorials/account-creation/

m / purpose' / coin_type' / account' / change / address_index

Thanks. At the moment, the term "key derivation path" had slipped my mind, so I couldn't search it efficiently.
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