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Re: TUTORIAL: How to use Electrum (for beginners)
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HCP
on 09/05/2018, 02:37:51 UTC
Awesome guide! That definitely deserves a couple of merit! Cheesy

I just have one minor correction:
Unfortunately, Electrum does not allow you to generate nested SegWit addresses which are backwards compatible.
That isn't entirely accurate. Electrum DOES allow you to create the "3"-type P2SH "nested" SegWit wallets... it just doesn't do it with "Electrum" seeds... only with BIP39 seeds and is probably not really a "beginner level" exercise. Wink

What you do is use a BIP39 compatible seed (generated from https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ or a BIP39 wallet etc)... then when setting up the wallet, use "Standard wallet -> I already have a seed -> click "Options", select "BIP39 Seed" -> Enter your BIP39 seed, click Next -> You'll be prompted for derivation path, select "p2sh-segwit BIP49":


The derivation path will change to m/49'/0'/0' and the addresses generated with be the backwards compatible nested SegWit Addresses Wink