Topic: Electrum - Ledger Nano S (Read 156 times)

HCP

legendary

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The "sweep" dialog in Electrum will actually allow you to send to ANY Bitcoin address that you like... it defaults to one in the current wallet... but you can change it to any address you want.

So, if you select "standard wallet -> use a hardware device"... and connect up the Ledger, it will generate a copy of the ledger wallet. If you use a derivation path of m/44'/0'/0' (the default setting), it will recreate your Ledger "Legacy" wallet... if you use a derivation path of m/49'/0'/0' if will recreate your Ledger "SegWit" wallet.

Once you have created the wallet you want, "Wallet -> Private Keys -> Sweep" and then you can simply sweep to the Ledger address that you want.

Also, there is no "Segwit Blockchain" and no "Legacy Blockchain"... just different address types on one Blockchain Wink

BitFisher11

newbie

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I want to sweep a private key (base58 wallet import format) via Electrum into a Ledger Nano S.
Could it be done without creating an Electrum seed? I just select a standard wallet and use a hardware device (Ledger Nano S).
Is it possible to configure the Ledger Nano S for the Segwit blockchain or should I stick with the Legacy blockchain?

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