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MiladMax (OP)
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November 13, 2017, 02:42:32 PM
Last edit: November 13, 2017, 03:01:42 PM by MiladMax
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Hey
Today i decided to use electrum as BTC wallet and installed it but it generated invalid receiving addresses!
This is one of them:
bc1qgxwhr5n62ely5erz8ugrzdwhxgyr7mlr84n4lv




What's wrong??
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November 13, 2017, 04:12:30 PM
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that is not invalid, that is the new format used by SegWit wallets. they are called "Bech32" which is a standard for native segregated witness output addresses using it.
you can read the details in the respective BIP: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki

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November 13, 2017, 05:27:21 PM
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Create a new wallet using file > new/restore. When you asked whether you want a segwit or standard wallet choose standard.
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