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Importing Ledger / Trezor mnemonic seed into Electrum & vice versa

coinguides — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:26:22 +0000

Another guide for Ledger and Trezor users. This is mainly for users whose hardware wallet is lost, reset, stolen or damaged. What happens to my Bitcoins if my Ledger wallet is lost? What happens if my Trezor wallet is broken? Does all of the coins stored in my wallet is lost forever? This is one …

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Sending Bitcoin from specific address in core & electrum wallet – Coin control

coinguides — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:18:08 +0000

One of our readers recently asked us “is there a way to send funds from a specific bitcoin address in a wallet?” Yes, by making use of the coin control you can send from specific address or specific UTXOs. Jump straight to the guide Most Bitcoin wallet has coin control feature and many know how …

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Accessing standard and hidden accounts of your Trezor wallet on Electrum

coinguides — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 05:59:09 +0000

Electrum is a fully open source light weight desktop wallet available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Its a very popular wallet that can be used individually and can also be paired with hardware wallets like Ledger and Trezor. Electrum Bitcoin wallet offers several advanced features like: Multisig Support. LN (Lightning Network) Support. Coin control, Change …

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How to generate / create own custom 24 word mnemonic seed phrases?

coinguides — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 07:01:29 +0000

This is a quick topic for anyone who is looking to create their own 12 / 24 word custom mnemonic seed phrases. Recently one of our users asked us “Is it possible to create my own 24 word seed and use it on Ledger Nano S instead of the auto generated one?”. Sure, you can …

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How to verify Electrum signature? Check if your electrum wallet is legit

coinguides — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 06:48:45 +0000

Electrum is one of the most popular Bitcoin wallet that is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. It is safe, fast and simple to use. Anybody can download the wallet and start using it right away. Moreover the wallet is open source. This is one reason why more number of users trust and use …

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BIP39 Wallets – List of wallets that support BIP39 mnemonic seed phrase

coinguides — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:46:00 +0000

In this article we’ll share the list of concurrency wallets (both hardware and software) that supports BIP39 standard or BIP39 mnemonic recover seed phrase. To store your Bitcoins you basically need a wallet app. You can download a software wallet to your PC, smart phone or you can get yourself a hardware wallet. Most of …

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How to fix “Transaction too large” error when sending coins from wallet

coinguides — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:09:26 +0000

When transferring large amount of coins from your wallet to exchange have you ever received this error? Transaction creation failed! Transaction too large. Recently on our forum one of our users came with the following question: “I have more than 1000 small transactions in my wallet that adds up a little over 0.8 Bitcoin. I’m …

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What is Bitcoin address, why is it important & how to get a BTC address?

coinguides — Fri, 17 May 2019 14:45:21 +0000

Note: Bitcoin address and BTC address both refer to the same thing. BTC is just a ticker symbol of Bitcoin. There is also another symbol called XBT which also refers to Bitcoin. Here you can learn about ticker symbol and the difference between XBT and BTC. It’s been more than a decade since Bitcoin was …

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How to safely update your Bitcoin electrum wallet to the latest version

coinguides — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:47:30 +0000

Guide to update Bitcoin electrum wallet. Whether it is a core wallet or electrum wallet; it is very essential that that you perform a backup before updating or making any changes to your wallet. In electrum wallet all you need to backup is your electrum wallet seed phrase and additionally the wallet file. Once you …

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How to backup electrum wallet – Backup Bitcoin electrum wallet

coinguides — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:51:40 +0000

System malfunction, hardware failures and data theft can occur anytime. If you are storing Bitcoins in your PC or Laptop then it is very important that you backup your wallets. Previously we’ve made a guide on core wallet backup. Also we’ve explained how to backup Monero wallet. Recently one of user asked us how do …

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