Trying to get private key from Bitcoin QT core to import addresses into Electrum - page 3.

mocacinno

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Quote from: jwlBTC on January 26, 2018, 04:22:04 AM

Hi all, i have another problem :

i have located all the private keys from my bitcoin core wallet and have then created a new Electrum wallet

i have then:

click Wallet -> Private Keys -> Sweep

i have tried to use the private key for 14G3Tr7PAb2L8xZKy2ib7MH9MscXHkQphj

it comes back saying: "no inputs found (note that inputs need to be confirmed)

i have read in this thread someone had the same problem and managed to solve it: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/problem-trying-to-sweep-paper-wallet-into-electrum-2254231

"Sorted!
Evidentally I should have been using the "WIF compressed address", and not the "WIF address".
I'm not sure why, but, hey, it works!!"

i don't know what the above means, can anyone help?

thanks

Well, to tell you the truth, as far as i can tell, electrum is correct: all unspent outputs funding that address HAVE been spent...

The address was funded with transaction 3fae9880f8a3dc9641a24114f5ab2fd502ae47a179478f5b360ee3c9156c1be1, but on 24/07/2013 the unspent output was spent in transaction 56e734f3f5df475f81469a339eb908e8f3e9f941f4ce36cf8d8febc6da24325c

https://blockchain.info/unspent?active=14G3Tr7PAb2L8xZKy2ib7MH9MscXHkQphj&format=html

So, if you try to sweep (or import) the private key belonging to 14G3Tr7PAb2L8xZKy2ib7MH9MscXHkQphj, it's logical electrum will give you an error...

jwlBTC

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Hi all, i have another problem :

i have located all the private keys from my bitcoin core wallet and have then created a new Electrum wallet

i have then:

click Wallet -> Private Keys -> Sweep

i have tried to use the private key for 14G3Tr7PAb2L8xZKy2ib7MH9MscXHkQphj

it comes back saying: "no inputs found (note that inputs need to be confirmed)

i have read in this thread someone had the same problem and managed to solve it: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/problem-trying-to-sweep-paper-wallet-into-electrum-2254231

"Sorted!
Evidentally I should have been using the "WIF compressed address", and not the "WIF address".
I'm not sure why, but, hey, it works!!"

i don't know what the above means, can anyone help?

thanks

jwlBTC

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Thanks very much! that has worked

Now to see if i can 'sweep from addresses'!

cheers

Xynerise

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Code:

dumpprivkey <1765Qi3z1iFiATjgPCuVXvP2pD7SYuM37o>

Syntax is wrong.

It should be

Code:

dumpprivkey 1765Qi3z1iFiATjgPCuVXvP2pD7SYuM37o

instead

ranochigo

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You can't place the signs to enclose the address. Try dumpprivkey 1ADDRESS

Replace 1ADDRESS with your desired address.

jwlBTC

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Hi all,

i am not very tech-savvy but i have tried to follow various instructions including https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transferring_coins_from_Bitcoin-Qt_to_Electrum but i get stuck when trying to dumpprivkey

This is what i have done in bitcoin core:

Click Help -> Debug. Click the Console tab.

getaccountaddress ""

this gave me an address which i tried to get a private key from:

14:02:00 dumpprivkey <1765Qi3z1iFiATjgPCuVXvP2pD7SYuM37o>

14:02:29 Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5)

i then tried to get more addresses:

getaddressesbyaccount ""

which gave me 6 more address

I tried to dumpprivkey with each but got the same message every time

Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5)

I have also tried to do the same thing with addresses i know i have had coins sent to in the past but i get the same problem

The reason i want to do this is that i cannot synchronize the wallet on my computer as i don't have enough space and i think it would take weeks anyway

any advice would be gratefully received and please remember i am fairly stupid so go easy on me!

Thanks

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