Electrum 4.7.0 released

[nc50lc]

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The xpubs displayed in listdescriptors command should work in Electrum.
What I forgot to mention is: he has to convert the xpub for other script types aside from p2pkh using the console.

But Bitcoin Core lists the extended private key descriptors from BIP44 to BIP86 formats. Electrum can only derive private keys from the root (m/0).

We're talking about creating "linked" watch-only wallets in Electrum.

As you can see in my previous reply and that quoted reply, it's about extended public key (xpub) which is already at the account_index when exported through listdescriptors.
Electrum can derive the next level (chain_index - internal/external chain) and their associated child public keys from it.
You can easily test this with Bitcoin Core and Electrum, Core doesn't need to be synced to do it.

Here's a sample descriptor:

Code:

"wpkh([17cedf16/84h/0h/0h]xpub6CjQxHxGsw2zJZMTZm1x4A5pmJeceQKhg3peuJoknaDnhTEpFNtthgpMQWkwxLJhdJgq6V4B2xyum9ew9qQ5XctUipSqTBDb2b9BzTrstNy/0/*)#ypr3t3cs"

The derivation path indicates that the extended public key is derived at 17cedf16(m)/84h/0h/0h and the receiving addresses are to be derived with .../0/addresses

BTW, I've explained how to import a non watch-only wallet from Bitcoin Core to Electrum a few years ago: /index.php?topic=5523526.msg64866403#msg64866403

[ABCbits]

You'll also need to configure and run Electrum server, since Electrum wallet/app actually connect to Electrum server. ElectrumX is probably most popular option, but personally i recommend Fulcrum due to higher performance[1]. There's an Electrum plugin that let you connect to Bitcoin Core directly[2], but it's been abandoned and probably won't work with newer version of Bitcoin Core/Electrum.

[1] https://www.sparrowwallet.com/docs/server-performance.html
[2] https://github.com/bwt-dev/bwt-electrum-plugin

I haven't used this plugin, but I have used the Electrum Personal Server and Electrs, it's a great plugin that deserves to be continued.

Both are valid alternative. But i don't like EPS when you need to load different Electrum wallet or create new Electrum wallet, since you'll need EPS to perform rescan.

Does the btw plugin still work on the latest version of Bitcoin Core and Electrum?

I don't know, since i never tested it with the latest version. But i don't expect it to work, since Bitcoin Core had some changes on RPC call and migrating legacy/BDB wallet to descriptor/SQLite wallet.

[LoyceV]

can i then use Electrum (which will be installed on a different computer) to connect to the Bitcoin core node and also link the existing wallets?

I'm going to ignore all the technical answers, and ask a counter question: why would you want that? It basically doubles the risk to have the same keys on more than one system/wallet. I use Bitcoin Core, Electrum and a few more wallets, but none of them hold the same keys.