Hi, I get error code -5 when trying to importprivkey with a private key from a bech32 address generated with electrum. Any idea how to solve it?
importprivkey not working with bech32 address private key generated from electrum #12111
issue ludwigvonmises2 opened this issue on January 7, 2018-
ludwigvonmises2 commented at 10:56 PM on January 7, 2018: none
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MarcoFalke commented at 8:53 AM on January 8, 2018: member
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- MarcoFalke closed this on Jan 8, 2018
- MarcoFalke added the label Questions and Help on Jan 8, 2018
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Sjors commented at 2:37 PM on February 10, 2018: member
This issue is pretty high in the Google rankings. There seems to be some confusion around the private key format used by Electrum. I don't think the private key itself is in bech32 format, but rather they changed the WIF format to specificy whether the private key should be converted to a legacy (1...) address or a bc1... address. See also https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3620
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MarcoFalke commented at 10:04 PM on February 10, 2018: member
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