Sent from Electrum with 6 confirmations but i do not see the sats in my Electrum

[SoyBatManX]

This is the address i sent to
137KFbL7orqq9pR7hh1Fm9raFzaToC3EtV

Transaction ID
113685061c222b3ae5f0f46fef0ba07bf85306c7fce1e86b43aea714802bbad5

The addtess was created with bitaddress.org
On a stand alone computer.


I sent 31k sats from my electrum wallet
It left my wallet fine. 6 plus confirmations

But i am not seeing them show up in Electrum
With show wallet only
Or with private keys

Help?

[escrow.ms]

Is this address visible in address tab?

Most likely it's Address Type Mismatch

Bitaddress.org generates legacy (P2PKH, starting with “1…”) addresses by default.

Electrum lets you import a private key into different address types:

Legacy (1…)

SegWit (3…)

Native SegWit (bc1…)

If you import into the wrong type, Electrum will derive the wrong address and show 0 balance.

[Stalker22]

I sent 31k sats from my electrum wallet
It left my wallet fine. 6 plus confirmations

Since the transaction is confirmed on the blockchain, your funds are sent.  There is no further action required for that specific transaction.  The address 137KFbL7orqq9pR7hh1Fm9raFzaToC3EtV is a valid Bitcoin address, and the transaction with ID 113685061c222b3ae5f0f46fef0ba07bf85306c7fce1e86b43aea714802bbad5 shows that 31,000 satoshis were successfully sent to it.  You can verify this yourself on any blockchain explorer.

But i am not seeing them show up in Electrum
With show wallet only
Or with private keys

This means there is a problem with your destination wallet. As a previous member suggested, check the Address tab in your Electrum wallet and verify if the address 137KFbL7orqq9pR7hh1Fm9raFzaToC3EtV is actually listed there.  If the address is not present, you need to import the private key associated with it to see the funds.

[SoyBatManX]

I got my sats.
Bitadress creates 3 types of private keys.
Base58 starts with 5
52 char base58 starts with K or L
BIP38 starts with 6p

I was importing the wrong one into Electrum
Thanks for the fast help.

[LoyceV]

Bitadress creates 3 types of private keys.
Base58 starts with 5
52 char base58 starts with K or L
BIP38 starts with 6p

I was importing the wrong one into Electrum

Is there a specific reason you're using Bitaddress to import a private key into Electrum? If it's a test to create a paper wallet it makes sense, but if you're not going to do that, there are better ways to create addresses.

[SoyBatManX]

I made the bitaddess a long time ago.
Are they not secure? If no why?

 What are better ways to create addresses in the future?

Thanks

[LoyceV]

I made the bitaddess a long time ago.
Are they not secure?

If you've created it a long time ago and funds are still there, there's no reason to assume it's going to get stolen now.

What are better ways to create addresses in the future?

Segwit addresses would be an improvement for lower fees.

[hosemary]

I made the bitaddess a long time ago.
Are they not secure? If no why?

If your purpose was to have a paper wallet, you have already defeated the purpose by importing the private key into an online device.
A paper wallet should be created on an airgapped device and the private key should never connect to the internet.

Also note that it's never a good idea to generate a private key through javascript. For more information, you can click here and read gmaxwell's post on another thread.

What are better ways to create addresses in the future?

Why not generating a wallet with electrum itself?

[SoyBatManX]

Segwit addresses would be an improvement for lower fees

Lower fees ... where can i learn more about this?

I was just testing, teaching myself by doing.
Only 30k sats. I have already learned a lot from it.

So much more to learn
Thanks for the help

[hosemary]

Lower fees ... where can i learn more about this?

Native segwit addresses start with bc1q and (as stated above by LoyceV) make you pay lower fee for your transactions.

With using native segwit addresses the transaction fee can decrease up to 53%. The exact percentage of the decrease in transaction fee depends on number of inputs and outputs.
For example, a legacy transaction with 1 input and 1 output is around 190 vbytes in size while a segwit transaction with the same number of inputs and outputs is around 110 vbytes in size.

[LoyceV]

Lower fees ... where can i learn more about this?

Start at https://coinb.in/#fees , but know that it's incomplete.

I was just testing, teaching myself by doing.
Only 30k sats. I have already learned a lot from it.

Also good to know that fees can go lower with the right settings. But it depends on network congestion. I'd say just try it: create a new Electrum wallet with bc1q-address and try it. Manually setting fees is recommended (if you know what you're doing).

[Pmalek]

I understand that you said that you created this address and its private key using Bitaddress a long time ago, but there are very few valid reasons to use such addresses in 2025. At one point in time, it was discovered that Bitaddress.org had issues with the randomness of its entropy, making the private key it generated not safe enough as it should be.

Also, why bother with individual private keys nowadays when we have seeds and seed words that are much easier for humans to write down?! 12 or 24 English words make more sense than a long string of numbers and letters (the private key) in a format that doesn't make sense to our eyes. It's more difficult to make physical backups of private keys and a greater chance that you will make a mistake.

[LoyceV]

Also, why bother with individual private keys nowadays when we have seeds and seed words that are much easier for humans to write down?!

Let me play devil's advocate: I still like the appeal of a nice looking paper wallet. In a way, it's the only "collectible" I can create on my own. It looks good, and when created properly it's 100% a cold wallet. If you want to fund the 12 words you wrote down, you'll first need to derive an address on a secure air-gapped system again. A paper wallet simply shows the address to send to.

[Pmalek]

Let me play devil's advocate: I still like the appeal of a nice looking paper wallet. In a way, it's the only "collectible" I can create on my own. It looks good, and when created properly it's 100% a cold wallet. If you want to fund the 12 words you wrote down, you'll first need to derive an address on a secure air-gapped system again. A paper wallet simply shows the address to send to.

A nicely designed and properly created paper wallet would be one of the few reasons why someone would be looking to generate a single address and private key. But as you know yourself, it's a very limited use case. The average person prefers a quality software that handles key generation on its own, provides you with simpler backup options, better security, and more features.

Paper wallets and collectibles have their appeal but they are not for everyday use. Still, we have no idea what OP is doing and what he was funding.   

[Mia Chloe]

I understand that you said that you created this address and its private key using Bitaddress a long time ago, but there are very few valid reasons to use such addresses in 2025. At one point in time, it was discovered that Bitaddress.org had issues with the randomness of its entropy, making the private key it generated not safe enough as it should be.

I think back in the day tools like Bitaddress.org actually had weak entropy because they often relied on the limited and observable randomness of some web browsers or user input like mouse movements which meant the pool of possible keys was not actually  up to 2²⁵⁶ but kinda like a smaller set that is basically more predictable.

Unlike  these days most wallet standards require generating this initial randomness using dedicated offline True Random Number Generators and much better sources of entropy.

[Catenaccio]

Why not generating a wallet with electrum itself?

Electrum wallet is easy to use
[GUIDE] How to Safely Download and Verify Electrum.
The paranoid user's security guide for using Electrum safely.

I think back in the day tools like Bitaddress.org actually had weak entropy because they often relied on the limited and observable randomness of some web browsers or user input like mouse movements which meant the pool of possible keys was not actually  up to 2²⁵⁶ but kinda like a smaller set that is basically more predictable.

Biggest issue with Bitaddress.org is it uses Javascript for wallet creation that is dangerous. You can see more details written in this post.
https://x.com/klever_io/status/1679267565434986501

The same issue exists with iancoleman as it is built on Javascript too.
You can use Bitaddress.org, iancoleman for learning but don't use them for creating your wallet and use it for storing your bitcoin.

Segwit addresses would be an improvement for lower fees

Lower fees ... where can i learn more about this?

Minimizing bitcoin transaction fee.
Minimize your transaction fee with Electrum wallet.