before i go to viabtc i would like to give bitcore a go using it RPC method... so ill follo the ins on the guide page...

re updating software, i do synaptic updates very regularly and am using bitcore and electrum from those repositories. Im not sure why it isnt updating bc's and el's version but ill look into it later...

re the two depoists outputs. Yes, i remember now, i made two inputs to that addy and that is where i have stuffed up, trying to use it from a sw wallet in its original form. Prolly what i should have done in electrum is "recieved" the paper-wallet key so el could combine them onto one of it's addys...

many thanks again