nc501c, I can assure you I did not paste anything from the clipboard into the program. I don't even know how to use a clipboard. I have no idea where this 1N8vh... number came from. When the install process was complete the window opened with the Electrum name, version and 1N8vh... number at the top. The only thing I remember doing is creating a password. At that point I thought I was good to go and at some time shortly thereafter made a bc purchase. I've learned, on here, I made three mistakes. The first was assuming the 1N8vh number was not the address for conducting transactions and the second was not checking the wallet after the purchase to see if the bc made it into the wallet. The third was going to blockchain.com (a link to which was emailed to me after the initial purchase) to follow the first and all subsequent purchases. Since 4/2021 I had lost one half of my investment due to the drop in value of bc. When it recently began to come back I was going to sell it off and get out of crypto altogether. That's when I went to the wallet to find there was a  "0" balance. I can tell you with 100% certainty I did not interfere with the install by adding or deleting anything except a password in the field presented when prompted.

I opened two other wallets at the advice of what turned out to be a couple suspicious characters on another forum. This was about a week ago after discovering the problem with the Electrum wallet. I attempted to buy a small amount of bc for a blockchain.com wallet but the transaction did not go through because they thought I may have been a victim of a scam and wanted further verification (selfie, official ID, dated note, etc.). Perhaps the 1N8vh... "address" instead of a bc1q address triggered an alarm or something, I don't know.  I decided to forego the transaction and return to attempting to resolve the electrum wallet. That's when I found this forum. I also opened a Trust wallet that I have done nothing with.