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Board Electrum
Re: How to pay with Electrum App on Android? Sign unsigned transaction?
by
Pmalek
on 09/11/2024, 09:09:53 UTC
So can I turn this watch-only wallet subsequently (=now) into a full wallet?
Simply by importing seed or private key?
Or do I need a full new installation.
The software is already installed on your system. You don't need to install it a second or third time. A watch-only wallet always remain a watch-only wallet. It doesn't contain private keys to broadcast transactions.

Later I want to toggle this wallet occasionally from watch-only to full and back.
Is this possible without fiddling with seed and/or private keys?
Do you plan to do that on the same device? You don't gain anything in doing that. Watch-only wallets are useful in combination with a cold wallet installed on a different offline machine. Using both on the same system brings zero benefits.

I assume you have bitcoin in your wallet already, right?