Why is it that when trying to create a segwit address, Electrum is providing me a receiving address starting with bc1 and not 39 like my Trezor does? Reading the rest of this thread it looks like I have to create a segwit address somewhere else and then import it into Electrum?
Electrum only supports the creation of bech32 Segwit Addresses (the one starting with bc1) and Legacy Addresses (starting with a 1). For now, the bech32 addresses aren't supported in many places, which means that most services won't allow you to withdraw to this kind of address - which is why it's not recommended to use this kind of address until people start supporting them.
Read the previous posts to know how to create and import a Segwit wallet that generate addresses starting with a 3 (not 39) in Electrum;
And will that be view only? Thanks!
If you import with the seed, you will be able to spend the coins.
yes, right..
to have segwit addresses starting with a 3 in Electrum just follow these simple steps:
1) generate a bip39, 12 words seed on
https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ (use it offline for more security)
2) on electrum choose, File -> New/Restore -> Standard Wallet -> I already have a seed -> click on "options" and choose bip39, write the seed then click next
3) on derivation path path use:
m/49'/0'/0'/0that's all. Remember to save in a safe place the seed as electrum will not show it (read below)