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January 07, 2017, 04:30:03 AM
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have a private key pair printed out on paper.  am trying to get it into electrum so i can transfer it.

i go to private key -sweep--and paste the private key into the box--and  basically nothing happens.--cant continue from there--must cancel

what am I doing wrong??
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January 07, 2017, 05:07:29 AM
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is it encrypted? (starts with a 6)
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January 07, 2017, 05:11:53 AM
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does not start with 6
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January 07, 2017, 05:18:20 AM
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looking at this printout from bitaddress.org--all private keys start with 5
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January 07, 2017, 05:26:05 AM
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you are aware that you have to create a new wallet right? because you can not import private keys in a wallet that has seed, you have to make a new one and import your private keys that way.
http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#can-i-import-private-keys-from-other-bitcoin-clients

you can also sweep they keys (spend the balance by sending from that private key to one of your addresses in your electrum wallet) got to wallet > Private keys > sweep
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January 07, 2017, 05:33:51 AM
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my bad--had one charachter wrong--got it into electrum now  QandG
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