I downloaded Electrum because it is supposed to support bc1 wallets.
Every time I create a new wallet, it makes one starting with something like 0x9.
I'm not given a choice of what kind of bitcoin wallet.
Does anyone know how to specifically create a bc1 bitcoin wallet?
Electrum does support bc1 (Bech32 native SegWit) addresses — but you have to explicitly choose the right script type during wallet creation.
Bech32 starts with Bc1. Legacy starts with 1.
Electrum does not support addresses like the one you mentioned: 0x9. That seems like an Ethereum or Binance Smart Chain address.
Make sure you downloaded Electrum from the real website, otherwise you might have some scam version of the wallet!
https://electrum.org Is the real link!