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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Exporting a SegWit wallet Private Keys on Bitcoin Core 0.15
by
achow101
on 03/10/2017, 15:14:07 UTC
What exactly is this segwit address I have starting with 3, and why's there no privatekey to it?
Read the thread, I already explained above.

What happens if I send funds to it? Is the balance held under the orig address?
No, it is held under the '3' address.

Addresses and public-private key pairs are different things. A public-private key pair can be associated with many different addresses, not just one '1' address.

What's the difference between this and the first non-segwit address?
It uses segwit.

Why should I use 1 over the other?
Segwit has lower transaction fees.