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Board Electrum
Re: How to import private key from Multibit to Electrum
by
shorena
on 15/03/2015, 09:23:46 UTC
Hello Everyone,

I am trying to import my Multibit private key into Electrum. I've gone through the process but am being told by Electrum that it is an invalid key. Is there a way (other than the recommended way) to import a key?



In multibit export to file without password.



Open the file with a texteditor, it contains lines like this:



Note: DO NOT SHARE YOUR PRIVATE KEYS WITH ANYONE! I create this private key only for this post and would never use it otherwise.

Copy the private key (typically starting with L or K when exporting from multibit) and import it into Electrum.



Keep in mind that imported keys can not be restored from the seed.