Can someone give me ABC instructions about how I extract the private key from the Dash Core Wallet and import it to the Dash Electrum wallet?
If I obtain it from the .dat file, what program do I use to open that file and is the private key easy to find in the .dat file?
Thanks
If you use hardware wallets then you can connect it directly to Dash Electrum and do transactions from there.
If you use software wallets then you need to do a dump of your private key.
With the Dash Core software wallet you need to go to the debug console (located in the Tools section) and use the following command :
dumpprivkey "address" (just typing dumpprivkey gets you additional information about this command)
With Dash Electrum there should be an option to import priv keys / addresses
Just make sure that your pc is completely free of any malware or keyloggers before doing this.
Also i wonder if its not more safe to just make a new receiving address in Dash Electrum and sent your Dash directly from the Dash Core wallet to that new receiving Dash address in Dash Electrum
You wont be able to use it in the Dash Core wallet anymore as you transactioned it out of that wallet, but you also dont need to mess with the dumping of private keys.