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Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
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Unable to sweep non segwit paper wallet in Electrum 3.0.3 #3600

Closed tariq235 closed 6 years ago

tariq235 commented 6 years ago

Sweep button is disabled. It's only getting enabled if I enter enter segwit paper wallet. What i should do now ?

SomberNight commented 6 years ago

The Sweep button (in the Sweep private keys) window gets enabled if the private keys in the large text box are valid keys.

Are you sure that the key you are trying to sweep from is a valid Bitcoin private key? Is it in WIF format? (How many characters and what is the first character?)

tariq235 commented 6 years ago

First character is 6. It's BIP38 encrypted.

AbdussamadA commented 6 years ago

Do i need convert it in WIF format ?

Yes. Decrypt it via wallet details tab of bitaddress.org

Ledger Nano S have now segwit support. I do not have small amount in paper wallet. Is it safe to use Electrum 3.0.3 to sweep paper wallet and send it to ledger nano s segwit address ?

Yes you can do that