<p>Follow <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transferring_coins_from_Bitcoin-Qt_to_Electrum" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this guide.</a></p>

<p>Summary:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Download Electrum and verify the signature to prove it was not modified in transit. Create a new Standard Wallet and choose "Create a new seed". Electrum will give you a seed phrase which you should write down on paper.</p></li>
<li><p>If using Bitcoin-Qt, click Window -> Console.</p></li>
<li><p>If your wallet is encrypted, use this command to decrypt it for 5 minutes (300 seconds):</p></li>
</ul>

<pre><code>walletpassphrase your-wallet-passphrase 300
</code></pre>

<p>If addresses with balance are known:</p>

<ul>
<li>Use the dumpprivkey command to get the private key. Repeat for as many bitcoin addresses as have money in them.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>dumpprivkey &lt;your bitcoin address&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>If addresses with balance are not known:</p>

<ul>
<li>Use the dumpwallet command to get all private keys from the wallet.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>dumpwallet path/to/exported-wallet.txt
</code></pre>

<ul>
<li><p>In the Electrum window, click Wallet -> Private Keys -> Sweep. Paste the private keys from Bitcoin-Qt here. Check the resulting transaction is okay and click Broadcast to sweep from the addresses in Bitcoin Core to the Electrum wallet.</p>

<ul>
<li>If the address generated from the private key is wrong, then on the Sweep Private keys dialog box in Electrum click the Info box in the upper-right. It will give instructions for prefixing your private key so that the correct address is generated. For example if your address starts with 3 then use <code>p2wpkh-p2sh:[your-private-key]</code>.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Warning: Make sure the Electrum wallet is not a watch-only wallet. The Electrum window title bar should not say [watching-only].</strong></p>

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Worth noting that "sweeping" cost mining fees, it's actually transferring all the coins to the newly created Electrum wallet.
Chris Chen
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Septem151
<p>Turn off the syncing using the icons in the bottom right and send your coins using the send tab.</p>

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Abdussamad
<p>I would like to transfer my btc wallet to an electrum wallet. Syncing is taking to long.</p>

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related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/6056/5406
Murch
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How to transfer from unsync'd Bitcoin core wallet to Electrum?
requim
# How to transfer from unsync'd Bitcoin core wallet to Electrum?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-03)

I would like to transfer my btc wallet to an electrum wallet. Syncing is taking to long.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, electrum, synchronization, wallet-recovery

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/6056/5406  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-03. Score: 1

Follow [this guide.](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transferring_coins_from_Bitcoin-Qt_to_Electrum)

Summary:

* Download Electrum and verify the signature to prove it was not modified in transit. Create a new Standard Wallet and choose "Create a new seed". Electrum will give you a seed phrase which you should write down on paper.
* If using Bitcoin-Qt, click Window -> Console.
* If your wallet is encrypted, use this command to decrypt it for 5 minutes (300 seconds):

```
walletpassphrase your-wallet-passphrase 300

```

If addresses with balance are known:

* Use the dumpprivkey command to get the private key. Repeat for as many bitcoin addresses as have money in them.

```
dumpprivkey <your bitcoin address>

```

If addresses with balance are not known:

* Use the dumpwallet command to get all private keys from the wallet.

```
dumpwallet path/to/exported-wallet.txt

```

* In the Electrum window, click Wallet -> Private Keys -> Sweep. Paste the private keys from Bitcoin-Qt here. Check the resulting transaction is okay and click Broadcast to sweep from the addresses in Bitcoin Core to the Electrum wallet.

  + If the address generated from the private key is wrong, then on the Sweep Private keys dialog box in Electrum click the Info box in the upper-right. It will give instructions for prefixing your private key so that the correct address is generated. For example if your address starts with 3 then use `p2wpkh-p2sh:[your-private-key]`.

**Warning: Make sure the Electrum wallet is not a watch-only wallet. The Electrum window title bar should not say [watching-only].**

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Worth noting that "sweeping" cost mining fees, it's actually transferring all the coins to the newly created Electrum wallet.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-01-04. Score: 0

Turn off the syncing using the icons in the bottom right and send your coins using the send tab.


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