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snel0026.

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Quote from: hosseinimr93 on November 19, 2020, 03:19:30 PM

For importing a seed phrase into electrum, you have to create a new wallet. Its' impossible to import a seed phrase into an existing wallet,

I've created a new wallet and my problem was that i forgot the extensial word.
With a lot of guesses is was able to create the new wallet with the right balance.

Thank everyone for helping me and for your patience.

I'm a null in this kind of things, Wim Sad

hosseinimr93

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Quote from: Welsh on November 19, 2020, 07:16:23 AM

Since you have the option when restoring from a seed to create a new wallet, or import it into an existing one you may have created a new wallet, and Electrum is using the default wallet that you haven't imported your seed into.

For importing a seed phrase into electrum, you have to create a new wallet. Its' impossible to import a seed phrase into an existing wallet, unless I am missing something here.
In very old versions of electrum, users were only allowed to import a private key into an existing HD wallet. Now, even that feature has been removed.

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Quote from: Lucius on November 19, 2020, 07:15:27 AM

I know that it has happened to many that during the restore process they chose the wrong derivation path

Based on OP's older threads, it doesn't look like he checked the BIP39 box when restoring his wallets before, which means his seed phrase is an Electrum generated phrase rather than a BIP39 phrase. Electrum phrases automatically restore to either Legacy or SegWit, and so the wrong derivation path wouldn't be the case here.

On the chance that it is a BIP39 phrase, you can always hit the new "Detect existing accounts" button on Electrum when restoring the seed phrase to automatically find any used standard derivation paths.

Welsh

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Is it possible that you've previously spent Bitcoin, and the remaining balance has gone into a change address? As far as I can remember, Electrum displays the total balance, and the balance for each address that you have in that wallet. Checking all addresses inside that wallet is probably the best bet, as well as checking the history of transactions as suggested.

Quote from: snel0026. on November 19, 2020, 05:19:38 AM

Is'nt the default wallet the right wallet?

Since you have the option when restoring from a seed to create a new wallet, or import it into an existing one you may have created a new wallet, and Electrum is using the default wallet that you haven't imported your seed into. To check this you can go to where the wallets get saved too. You can check the default location via https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Alternatively, you can try restoring your seed again, and make sure to follow along the documentation to be sure you've imported it correctly: https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/2fa.html#restoring-from-seed

Lucius

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I know that it has happened to many that during the restore process they chose the wrong derivation path and that this is one of the most common reasons that the wallet shows 0 balance. Although this may not be the case here, if the OP is sure to have the correct seed and extra word and the balance is still 0, then let him try to remember which address format he used (1, 3, bc1).

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/restoring-your-standard-wallet-from-seed/

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Quote from: snel0026. on November 19, 2020, 06:00:37 AM

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The circle is green

I've restored the wallet with using the extension word.

But where can i find the right wallet?

Check the transaction history (like nc50lc already suggested)...
If it's empty, it's the wrong wallet... If you see transactions you recognize it's the right wallet...

As to where you can find the right wallet, we can't tell you... Which OS are you using? Did you chose the default wallet location when saving your wallet? Have you written down the seed (recovery) phrase somewhere?

snel0026.

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Quote from: TryNinja on November 19, 2020, 05:16:00 AM

What color is the circle at the bottom right part of the wallet? If it's green and your balance is zero, then your balance is really zero.

Are you sure you restored the right wallet? Can you see your transaction history? If so, do you see any outgoing transaction that you don't recognize?

The circle is green

I've restored the wallet with using the extension word.

But where can i find the right wallet?

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Quote from: snel0026. on November 19, 2020, 05:13:35 AM

I haven't looked at any actions on Electrum in almost a year. Now my balance is at 0. How can I get that back?

Based from your old thread, you've been using a version that's safe from phishing error messages and it surely connects
because you can see that balance instead of "not connected".

So, there should be an outbound transaction in the history that spent all of your balance.
If there is, and it's not familiar, it's either your 'seed phrase + extension word' or 'wallet file + password' were hacked.
If there's no transaction, it's a different wallet file.

Quote from: snel0026.

I have put in my seed, but stil there is no BTC.

In your old thread, you've mentioned an "extend custom word",
have you restored it the way you're instructed before?

TryNinja

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Quote from: snel0026. on November 19, 2020, 05:19:38 AM

Is'nt the default wallet the right wallet?

I don't understand what you mean. Could you answer the questions I made above?

snel0026.

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Is'nt the default wallet the right wallet?

TryNinja

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What color is the circle at the bottom right part of the wallet? If it's green and your balance is zero, then your balance is really zero.

Are you sure you restored the right wallet? Can you see your transaction history? If so, do you see any outgoing transaction that you don't recognize?

snel0026.

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I haven't looked at any actions on Electrum in almost a year. Now my balance is at 0. How can I get that back?
I have put in my seed, but stil there is no BTC.

Can i restore that?

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