Restoring Wasabi Wallet in Electrum

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A detailed guide about restoring a wallet created from Wasabi to Electrum. This is the Wasabi documentation, an archive of knowledge about the open-source, non-custodial and privacy-focused Bitcoin wa

:::danger Potential privacy leak! If you do not run your own Electrum server, you will leak all your addresses to random third-party servers, losing anonymity against those entities, so you must make a judgement call by being aware of this.
To gain some privacy by using Electrum you should set up Tor on Network preferences or by installing your own Electrum server via Electrum Personal Server, ElectrumX or Electrs. :::
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Restoring Wasabi Wallet via Electrum GUI
1.Launch Electrum.
If you don't have a wallet created on Electrum it should automatically display an Install Wizard. If it opens your default wallet then go to File -> New/Restore.
2.Name your new Electrum wallet.
3.Choose Standard wallet.
4.Choose I already have a seed or Use a master key.
5.Type your seed or paste your master private key.
:::tip Get your master private key inside Wasabi:
Go to Advanced tab -> Wallet Info.
Copy your Extended Account zprv. :::
The next steps are only necessary if you have previously chosen the option I already have a seed.
1.Click the Options button, then check BIP39 seed and if you created your Wasabi wallet with a password make sure to check Extend this seed with custom words and type your password in the Seed extension window.
2.On Script type and Derivation path window, choose native SegWit (p2wpkh) or manually insert m/84'/0'/0'.
3.Increase the gap limits by opening Electrum's Console and executing the following commands:
wallet.change_gap_limit(100)
wallet.gap_limit_for_change = 100
wallet.synchronize()
Restoring Wasabi Wallet manually by creating a new wallet file
1.Create a new empty text file, this will be your Electrum wallet file.
2.Paste the following code:
{
    "keystore": {
        "type": "bip32",
        "xprv": "vprv9DMUxX4ShgxMLku9TWoPTTt3ZKYhAHCuhULnR9Qmkv1naNQ4g1HfdURhfq65aJKk7zsmnoXbVryeLwtkj9LhuQoKFD5Fyus9kkiwA1S2pEU",
        "xpub": "vpub5ZPNxAuehdRrMpX7vQSQzAshpziQUZHnDkzPBZJ4GFbhn8mVxoyxJzCGq482a2BDHvfnMfX1u4hdX1XfS7ZdHJXffydLPHjCXBY86sG6tE1"
    },
    "seed_type": "bip39",
    "seed_version": 18,
    "use_encryption": false,
    "wallet_type": "standard"
}
3.Replace xprv and xpub sections with your Wasabi wallet's Extended Account zprv and Extended Account zpub.
:::tip Get your master private and public keys inside Wasabi:
Go to Advanced tab -> Wallet Info.
Copy your Extended Account zprv.
Copy your Extended Account zpub. :::
4.Open the wallet file you created in Electrum.
5.Increase the gap limits by opening Electrum's Console and executing the following commands:
wallet.change_gap_limit(100)
wallet.gap_limit_for_change = 100
wallet.synchronize()

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Restoring Wasabi Wallet via Electrum GUI

Restoring Wasabi Wallet manually by creating a new wallet file