<p>You can import keys into Electrum. Imported keys cannot be recovered using a recovery / seed phrase, so special care is needed to avoid loss.</p>
<p>Sweeping transfers money into an address corresponding to a key that is generated from the seed of a wallet. So control over that money can be recovered using a recovery / seed phrase. The transfer takes place as a transaction on the Bitcoin Blockchain and so needs to pay a transaction fee. The transaction fee is effectively a bid for space in an auction of space inside blocks.</p>

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and is it true that when I send a portion of my bitcoins the unspent bitcoins will be sent to another address? then how do I access this address? 
Thanks :)
xRobot
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1. [How does change work in a bitcoin transaction?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/736/13866)
2. [Sending certain amount of bitcoin from an address](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/113076/13866)
3. [What does change address mean inside Electrum wallet?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/50050/13866) -- your wallet takes care of all this for you, you don't have to manage this detail yourself (unless you want to for some reason)
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<p>I have created a paper wallet and I generated the public/private keys with Ubuntu live + Electrum. Now I have 2 questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>In this case, can I IMPORT ( instead of SWEEP ) my keys in electrum and avoid to pay the fee each time I want to send my Bitcoin?</li>
<li>I have read that if you use the IMPORT option, then when you spend a portion of the Bitcoin, then the unspent amount will go to another address. Is it true? Why? Then I have to store another pair keys for the new address?</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks, I am newbie ❤️</p>

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Paper Wallet: can I use the import option in my case?
xRobot
# Paper Wallet: can I use the import option in my case?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-30)

I have created a paper wallet and I generated the public/private keys with Ubuntu live + Electrum. Now I have 2 questions:

* In this case, can I IMPORT ( instead of SWEEP ) my keys in electrum and avoid to pay the fee each time I want to send my Bitcoin?
* I have read that if you use the IMPORT option, then when you spend a portion of the Bitcoin, then the unspent amount will go to another address. Is it true? Why? Then I have to store another pair keys for the new address?

Thanks, I am newbie ❤️

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-30. Score: 1

You can import keys into Electrum. Imported keys cannot be recovered using a recovery / seed phrase, so special care is needed to avoid loss.

Sweeping transfers money into an address corresponding to a key that is generated from the seed of a wallet. So control over that money can be recovered using a recovery / seed phrase. The transfer takes place as a transaction on the Bitcoin Blockchain and so needs to pay a transaction fee. The transaction fee is effectively a bid for space in an auction of space inside blocks.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: and is it true that when I send a portion of my bitcoins the unspent bitcoins will be sent to another address? then how do I access this address?  Thanks :)  
> **username_1**: 1. [How does change work in a bitcoin transaction?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/736/13866) 2. [Sending certain amount of bitcoin from an address](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/113076/13866) 3. [What does change address mean inside Electrum wallet?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/50050/13866) -- your wallet takes care of all this for you, you don't have to manage this detail yourself (unless you want to for some reason)  

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