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Board Electrum
Re: Imported Private Key to mobile wallet and can't send now
by
Charles-Tim
on 03/03/2024, 23:15:38 UTC
The Private key was on paper wallet i was gifted and i starts with 6. I scanned the QR code to import it.
That private key is encrypted. You have to decrypt it. Follow this gude:

You can use https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org offline. For offline usage: https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/archive/v3.3.0.zip

After you access the it, click on brain wallet and paste your password to get your private key and see your address. The private key starts from 5, K or L.

After you get the 5 prifix private key and not matching your address, try to check ✔️ compressed and click on 'view' again to get the K or L private key and see if your address is correct with the address it generates you.

Download Electrum from https://electrum.org/. After you setup electrum, click on import bitcoin addresses or private keys and paste the private key there. Let the wallet synchronize with the blockchain and check your balance.