![]() the only way to get back to the first step, where you’re asked to set a password, is if you delete and uninstall electrum all together, reinstall it, and start over. i saved the seed, but foolishly never saved the password, which has long been forgotten.Įverywhere i read – the solution should be simple – “just restore your wallet using the seed” – but unfortunately that does NOT allow you to bypass the fact that you have a password assigned to that wallet. To ANYONE reading this that can help… when i created my original default wallet, i created a password. Finally it generates your addresses and displays the electrum window:.This is optional but strongly recommended: Electrum now asks you to enter a password to protect your wallet file.Note also that the single quotes in the derivation path are not optional. For example: m/44’/0’/1′ to restore the second HD account, m/44’/0’/2′ for the third HD acccount etc. Do this again and again until you have recovered all HD accounts. If the recovered wallet does not reflect all your funds repeat the restoration process with a new wallet file and increment the last number. Note that last digit in the derivation path denotes the HD account number. Choose the legacy p2pkh option if the addresses in the originating wallet begin with ‘1’, p2sh-segwit if they begin with ‘3’ and native segwit if they begin with ‘bc1’: not Electrum) you will be shown this window below. If your seed words are from a bip39 wallet (i.e.Schildbach then follow the guide here instead. If the originating wallet is MultibitHD, Bread Wallet or Bitcoin Wallet for Android by A. It should display ‘BIP39 checksum OK” next to the options button when you’ve entered a valid bip39 seed mnemonic. If the seed words are from Bither wallet then make sure you replace the hyphens in the seed phrase with spaces. Note: If the seed words are from another wallet, like the wallet, Bither or Mycelium, then you have to press options and check bip39. Once you’ve entered valid seed words the next button will become enabled and you’ll be able to proceed to the next step. In the next step electrum asks you to choose where the wallet secret will come from.You need to select the same type of wallet that you are restoring which in this case is the “Standard wallet” Click on next to see the wallet type selection window:Īs you can see Electrum supports different types of wallets.Begin by creating a new wallet file as per this guide.Sweeping your private keys into Electrum.Restoring your standard wallet from seed.Restoring your MultibitHD or BRD Wallet in Electrum. ![]() Importing your private keys into Electrum. ![]()
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