Electrum 3.2.0 won't accept my wallet file or my seed

HCP

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Quote from: jackg on July 03, 2018, 09:08:42 AM

It got accepted in 3.2.1. I then loaded 3.1.3 and it worked, then 3.2.0 and it didn't again, all in the same folder. Not sure what the issue is. I'll just stick with this version as 3.2.3 might be out tomorrow Grin

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Very odd... I couldn't get 3.2.0 to fail, so there must be something about your particular seed that is throwing it off! Huh

But as long as you got it sorted, that's what matters. Wink

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Quote from: HCP on July 02, 2018, 10:44:13 PM

I've been playing with 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 (and now 3.2.2 Wink

) and they all quite happily accept Abdussamad's 9 word seed... and some 11 word seeds generated with:

Code:

hcp@HardCorePC:~$ electrum make_seed --nbits 112
oak trial duty elegant tilt order hood strong decrease change lamp
hcp@HardCorePC:~$ electrum make_seed --nbits 112 --segwit
fruit agree spot category concert input moon host couple ride wait

It's all very strange that your seed is not being accepted... maybe try and update to the new NEW version of 3.2.2 Tongue

It got accepted in 3.2.1. I then loaded 3.1.3 and it worked, then 3.2.0 and it didn't again, all in the same folder. Not sure what the issue is. I'll just stick with this version as 3.2.3 might be out tomorrow Grin

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HCP

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I've been playing with 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 (and now 3.2.2 Wink

) and they all quite happily accept Abdussamad's 9 word seed... and some 11 word seeds generated with:

Code:

hcp@HardCorePC:~$ electrum make_seed --nbits 112
oak trial duty elegant tilt order hood strong decrease change lamp
hcp@HardCorePC:~$ electrum make_seed --nbits 112 --segwit
fruit agree spot category concert input moon host couple ride wait

It's all very strange that your seed is not being accepted... maybe try and update to the new NEW version of 3.2.2 Tongue

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The 11 words isn't the issue. When I put it into a wallet on my mobile or a wallet on my computer in an older version for both then it gets accepted.

I'm not sure there's a way I can prove it though

. However, screenshots don't usually cut off words when they all fit in the box. It has bech32 addresses and was generated by 3.0.5.

@pooya, wordlists are fine in that version.

I obviously put them in the same folder (Downloads) so that shouldn't cause an issue. I should try the choose wallet thing though, that might work.

Abdussamad

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11 word seeds are possible. It's only in recent versions that they strictly forced it to 12 words:

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/3611

Since 3.1.0 I believe. You should still be able to restore from seed in the latest version and you can in fact create your own shorter seeds using the make_seed command:

Code:

abdussamad@linux> electrum make_seed --nbits 90 
latin profit wall pretty sure meadow damage shield addict

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Quote from: pooya87 on July 01, 2018, 10:41:45 PM

yeah, i was thinking the same thing but the issue was in Setup.py file[1] which is used for building the binaries both under linux and for windows[2]. well i don't know anything about python so maybe i am missing something but if i am correct then all the builds were missing the wordlist file not just the linux ones.

No... it works fine on Windows 3.2.0... you can restore wallets fine using the "I already have a seed" option.

It was an issue on Linux because it doesn't actually build a "binary" as such. Basically, it just packages up all the files and includes them in the .tar.gz archive. What you run is still a Python script, as opposed to the "compiled" binaries being generated for Windows. The Windows 3.2.0 bug was that the "locale" files were missing, so you couldn't change the language from English.

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Quote from: HCP on July 01, 2018, 10:15:41 PM

Quote from: pooya87 on July 01, 2018, 10:10:00 PM

what is happening is probably because Electrum 3.2.0 has no idea what those words are since the released versions don't have the word list included in them. it was bug which is fixed in 3.2.1
possible similar issue which was fixed in 3.2.1: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/4475

I thought that was only an issue for the Linux versions? Given he is talking about portable executables, I believe the OP is using Windows version.

yeah, i was thinking the same thing but the issue was in Setup.py file[1] which is used for building the binaries both under linux and for windows[2]. well i don't know anything about python so maybe i am missing something but if i am correct then all the builds were missing the wordlist file not just the linux ones.

[1] https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/65d5be13b6b3addd2f67764e3e753c7c649dfcad
[2] https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/65d5be13b6b3addd2f67764e3e753c7c649dfcad/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh#L74

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Quote from: jackg on July 01, 2018, 10:20:54 AM

So my seed is 11 words which is probably a bit unusual for electrum to understand however, I did have my wallet file (encrypted).

11 words??!? Huh

Where did you get this seed from? Is it one of those really old Electrum seeds? or is it from another wallet? Huh

Quote from: pooya87 on July 01, 2018, 10:10:00 PM

what is happening is probably because Electrum 3.2.0 has no idea what those words are since the released versions don't have the word list included in them. it was bug which is fixed in 3.2.1
possible similar issue which was fixed in 3.2.1: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/4475

I thought that was only an issue for the Linux versions? Given he is talking about portable executables, I believe the OP is using Windows version.

pooya87

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try downloading the "latest version" Cheesy

what is happening is probably because Electrum 3.2.0 has no idea what those words are since the released versions don't have the word list included in them. it was bug which is fixed in 3.2.1
possible similar issue which was fixed in 3.2.1: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/4475

beware that there is another bug with server detection/dns in the new version which may cause some connectivity issues (not find any servers).

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So my seed is 11 words which is probably a bit unusual for electrum to understand however, I did have my wallet file (encrypted).
I kept my 3.1.3 portable executable and loaded up my 3.2.0 executable and it wanted me to start generating wallets from scratch by 3.2.0, but 3.1.3 accepted the wallet, not sure if anyone has the same issue.

I also put my 11 words into the generate a new wallet and it didn't let me pick next or do anything - which is even stranger.

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