Excuse me, does Electrum not support the earliest transaction record query?

[ee1234ee]

Excuse me, does Electrum not support the earliest transaction record query? I tried one, why does Electrum only display three records when there are four records under this Bitcoin address?

I tried it, but the transaction records before 2010 cannot be displayed. May I ask why?

[ABCbits]

If you mean older transaction which contain P2PK address, it's simply not supported by Electrum. See these GitHub issue,
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5577
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5497

But if the issue isn't related P2PK, please post example address or TXID if possible.

[ee1234ee]

If you mean older transaction which contain P2PK address, it's simply not supported by Electrum. See these GitHub issue,
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5577
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5497

But if the issue isn't related P2PK, please post example address or TXID if possible.

May I ask if the balance obtained from early transactions using P2P payment can still be paid out now?

thank you

[hosseinimr93]

May I ask if the balance obtained from early transactions using P2P payment can still be paid out now?

Tha't not P2P. They are P2PK (Pay to public key) transactions.

If you have received a P2PK transaction and you own the privte key assosiated with the public key, you own the fund and you can spend it.
Your options are to use bitcoin core or electrum sweep feature. (I would go for the former, since the latter can't be done offline)

[ABCbits]

If you mean older transaction which contain P2PK address, it's simply not supported by Electrum. See these GitHub issue,
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5577
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5497

But if the issue isn't related P2PK, please post example address or TXID if possible.

May I ask if the balance obtained from early transactions using P2P payment can still be paid out now?

thank you

If you mean moving your Bitcoin from P2PK address, where you have the private key, then it's possible. But i don't know wallet which support P2PK address these days, aside from Bitcoin Core.

May I ask if the balance obtained from early transactions using P2P payment can still be paid out now?

Tha't not P2P. They are P2PK (Pay to public key) transactions.

If you have received a P2PK transaction and you own the privte key assosiated with the public key, you own the fund and you can spend it.
Your options are to use bitcoin core or electrum sweep feature. (I would go for the former, since it can't be done offline)

Have you ever tried sweeping BTC from P2PK address? I saw this issue earlier when writing previous reply, https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/2857.

[hosseinimr93]

If you mean moving your Bitcoin from P2PK address, where you have the private key, then it's possible. But i don't know wallet which support P2PK address these days, aside from Bitcoin Core.

Just to be more accurate:
There is no such thing as P2PK address. We have P2PK transactions or P2PK outputs.

Have you ever tried sweeping BTC from P2PK address? I saw this issue earlier when writing previous reply, https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/2857.

No, I haven't ever done that, but that should be possible.

See this:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/3125

[Charles-Tim]

Your options are to use bitcoin core or electrum sweep feature. (I would go for the former, since the latter can't be done offline)

Offline one is better but if he is not having Bitcoin Core, to go for it might not be advisable but recommended. If he has it, it is the better. I am not having Bitcoin Core which will let me go for Electrum but if the money is an huge amount, I will prefer to first format the device. I can then transfer the coins to an address on a cold wallet. Although, offline is still the best, most secure and safe.

[There is no such thing as P2PK address. We have P2PK transactions or P2PK outputs.

That is true. They are public keys (that started from 04 I guess). Addresses starts from P2PKH.

[ABCbits]

If you mean moving your Bitcoin from P2PK address, where you have the private key, then it's possible. But i don't know wallet which support P2PK address these days, aside from Bitcoin Core.

Just to be more accurate:
There is no such thing as P2PK address. We have P2PK transactions or P2PK outputs.

I know. But block explorer force the public key on "Address" field and in past people would enter P2PK on "Address" field on their wallet software.

Have you ever tried sweeping BTC from P2PK address? I saw this issue earlier when writing previous reply, https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/2857.

No, I haven't ever done that, but that should be possible.

See this:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/3125

I see, although word "try" and message "note: that will not work on all servers" are concerning. But i hope it'd work in most cases, since otherwise people need to use Bitcoin Core (while using correct descriptor to import P2PK) or other legacy software.

[LoyceV]

I've dealt with pay to pubkey transactions before, see this post. That post is for claiming Fork coins, which you shouldn't do before securing the Bitcoins.
In short, this is how I'd do it now:

Install Bitcoin Core on an offline air gapped machine. Use this to import the private keys into a non-descriptor wallet.

Install Bitcoin Core on an online machine. Create a non-descriptor wallet, and import the public key. Let the wallet sync a bit. Since you're looking for an old transaction, you probably don't need to sync past 2011 (and save yourself a 650 GB download). Create an unsigned transaction, copy it to your offline system, and sign it.

Or, easier but slower: sync a full Bitcoin Core, take it offline, import the private key, create a new transaction, copy it, and broadcast it from another system.

[nc50lc]

Install Bitcoin Core on an offline air gapped machine. Use this to import the private keys into a non-descriptor wallet.

For those who do not know how to create the legacy wallet format in v27.x or do not want to use the older versions of Bitcoin Core;
Same thing can be done with a set of descriptor wallets imported with pk(WIF_prvKey) descriptor in the offline Core and pk(pubKey) descriptor in the online Core.