how to get segwit address in the electrum wallet

[BTC_1]

Hi today just trying to use my electrum wallet after a long time. Just i need to use segwit address instead of old address. could anybody help how to get segwit address for electrum wallet?

Thanks in advance

[figmentofmyass]

Hi today just trying to use my electrum wallet after a long time. Just i need to use segwit address instead of old address. could anybody help how to get segwit address for electrum wallet?

Thanks in advance

you'll need to upgrade to a newer version (version 3.0 or higher for segwit bech32 support). then you can create a new wallet---choose a segwit wallet rather than a "standard" wallet.

be careful to download from the correct source and verify signatures.

if you haven't used electrum in a long time, you should upgrade right away anyway. there has been at least one serious vulnerability found in the last year.

[BTC_1]

Thank you

[HCP]

Also, note that the SegWit addresses used by default in Electrum are the bech32 addresses (aka "bc1"). Not all services/wallets are currently compatible with bech32 addresses. Exchanges (and gambling sites) seem to be the common services that won't recognise bech32 addresses and some block explorers don't work with them either.

If you need/want the backwards compatible "3-type" addresses (aka p2sh-segwit/"P2SH-P2WPKH"), you will need to follow the guide here: https://bitcoinelectrum.com/creating-a-p2sh-segwit-wallet-with-electrum/

Make sure to take heed of the warning at the end of that guide. You might be better served generating a BIP39 seed mnemonic in a different wallet and then using that "proper" BIP39 seed mnemonic, rather than forcing an Electrum seed to be BIP39 and ignoring the "checksum failed" error.

[elda34b]

Btw, you can use Ian Coleman BIP39 tools to generate the BIP39 seed.[1] After that you can import it to your Electrum. Don't forget to check BIP39 when you import your seed.

[1] https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39