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Abdussamad

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Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 07:38:23 PM

I'm completely new to electrum/bitcoin. When I try to enter my wallet seed, the screen does not provide me with a next button that can be executed ( not highlighted). I am on a mac.

This means the seed is incorrect. See if all the words in it are from the electrum dictionary

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/master/lib/wordlist

defcon23

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Quote from: guitarplinker on August 18, 2015, 09:37:23 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on August 18, 2015, 04:46:06 PM

Quote from: shorena on August 18, 2015, 02:46:11 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on August 17, 2015, 04:59:08 PM

Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

13 words

If you input more than 12 words, the next button will grey out. Your seed should have 12.

You cannot use a seed from different wallet (Armory for example or anything else than Electrum).

Nope, 13 is correct for electrum 2 wallets.

Is it? Well my mistake then. I don't really know what is wrong with OP's seed then.

Yeah, Electrum started to implement 13 word seeds in the 2.x versions, however the 1.x versions use 12 word seeds.

OP, what version of Electrum are you using? If you're using a 1.x version you won't be able to recover a 13 word seed, similarly to how you wouldn't be able to recover a 12 word seed with Electrum 2.x.

you can use a 12 words seed from old versions, & 13 words seeds too in the version 2.
i'm not sure if this work in the over way.. to be tested Cool

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Quote from: unholycactus on August 18, 2015, 04:46:06 PM

Quote from: shorena on August 18, 2015, 02:46:11 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on August 17, 2015, 04:59:08 PM

Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

13 words

If you input more than 12 words, the next button will grey out. Your seed should have 12.

You cannot use a seed from different wallet (Armory for example or anything else than Electrum).

Nope, 13 is correct for electrum 2 wallets.

Is it? Well my mistake then. I don't really know what is wrong with OP's seed then.

Yeah, Electrum started to implement 13 word seeds in the 2.x versions, however the 1.x versions use 12 word seeds.

OP, what version of Electrum are you using? If you're using a 1.x version you won't be able to recover a 13 word seed, similarly to how you wouldn't be able to recover a 12 word seed with Electrum 2.x.

unholycactus

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Quote from: shorena on August 18, 2015, 02:46:11 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on August 17, 2015, 04:59:08 PM

Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

13 words

If you input more than 12 words, the next button will grey out. Your seed should have 12.

You cannot use a seed from different wallet (Armory for example or anything else than Electrum).

Nope, 13 is correct for electrum 2 wallets.

Is it? Well my mistake then. I don't really know what is wrong with OP's seed then.

shorena

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No I dont escrow anymore.

Quote from: unholycactus on August 17, 2015, 04:59:08 PM

Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

13 words

If you input more than 12 words, the next button will grey out. Your seed should have 12.

You cannot use a seed from different wallet (Armory for example or anything else than Electrum).

Nope, 13 is correct for electrum 2 wallets.

unholycactus

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Quote from: mzliedb on August 16, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

13 words

If you input more than 12 words, the next button will grey out. Your seed should have 12.

You cannot use a seed from different wallet (Armory for example or anything else than Electrum).

defcon23

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you have to use your seed in electrum only to recover your wallet.. dont you confused seed & password ? or you really want to reinstall electrum?

mzliedb

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13 words

unholycactus

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How many words does your seed have?

mzliedb

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I'm completely new to electrum/bitcoin. When I try to enter my wallet seed, the screen does not provide me with a next button that can be executed ( not highlighted). I am on a mac.

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