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How to restore blockchain.com wallet into electrum

Below are four easy steps to import your blockchain wallet into electrum. Make sure to have electrum downloaded from the official site

How to restore blockchain.com wallet into electrum

How to restore blockchain.com wallet into electrum — 5 Easy Steps

Below are five easy steps to import your blockchain wallet into electrum. Make sure to have electrum downloaded from the official site

Step 1

Step 2

We will use our blockchain wallet seed

Step 3

Blockchain wallet seed can be obtained from Security Center > Backup Phrase

Enter the 12 word seed and make sure select BIP39 seed by clicking on Options

Step 4

Settings for blockchain segwit wallet

Find below are different path settings to discover funds:

  • Segwit Wallet — native segwit (p2wpkh), Derviation Path (default) — m/84'/0'/0'
  • Segwit Wallet (Recover Funds) — legacy (p2pkh), Derviation Path (Make sure you manually change this) — m/84'/0'/0'
  • Legacy Wallet— legacy (p2pkh), Derviation Path (default) — m/44'/0'/0'

Step 5

Choose a password for security. Note that this has relation to the blockchain wallet password

Done! Your wallet is now recovered. Enjoy truly being your own bank !

Step 6 (Optional)

The existing base unit in electrum is mBTC which is confusing

Goto Tools > Preferences and set Base Unit as BTC. You can also set the explorer to blockonomics.co

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