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Title: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: Xiaoxiao on December 08, 2015, 02:12:50 PM Recently I was on the old electrum and it said I had to get the new one in order to send out a transaction. So it took me to the site and I downloaded version 2.5.4 and every time it starts up there is this error message:
https://i.imgur.com/0SgIWze.png After I click OK, it just goes to the wallet and everything seems to be working fine (receiving and sending). Should I be worried of this message? Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: torusJKL on December 08, 2015, 07:52:54 PM Did you try to re-download the file?
Did you verify the file with Thomas' gpg key after you downloaded it? Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: Xiaoxiao on December 09, 2015, 02:41:05 AM Did you try to re-download the file? Did you verify the file with Thomas' gpg key after you downloaded it? How do you verify with Thomas' gpg key if you don't mind me asking? Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: bitbaby on December 09, 2015, 03:47:21 AM Did you try to re-download the file? Did you verify the file with Thomas' gpg key after you downloaded it? How do you verify with Thomas' gpg key if you don't mind me asking? You will need a PGP software to do that, you can get it here: https://www.gpg4win.org/, install it. After that download the Electrum Installer and the Signature file right next to on Electrum's download page and keep them in the same folder: Windows Installer: https://download.electrum.org/2.5.4/electrum-2.5.4-setup.exe Signature: https://download.electrum.org/2.5.4/electrum-2.5.4-setup.exe.asc Open Command Prompt as an administrator, to do that just right click Command Prompt in Start>All Files>Accessories and choose 'Run as administrator' and click 'Continue' on the User Account Control dialog box. Or just click start and type cmd in the search box and right click on the result and do the above. After that change the path of the CMD to the folder where you have downloaded both the electrum files. For ex. If your downloads are on desktop then type 'cd desktop' or if they're in D drive then type 'cd D:' Or just copy the path of the folder and enter it in front of 'cd' in cmd, ex. 'cd C:\Users\username\Downloads\' Now just type these commands or copy paste them in the Command prompt: Code: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7F9470E6 It will show a message like, "Good signature from "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org) <thomasv@electrum.org>" And that confirms that the downloaded files are original and not from some malicious website. If your original problem still persists then it is related to something else, maybe some windows files are corrupted but if you can send and receive funds then I suppose it should be ok, keep back-up of your wallet just in case and do a virus scan on your pc. Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: Xiaoxiao on December 09, 2015, 11:20:42 AM Did you try to re-download the file? Did you verify the file with Thomas' gpg key after you downloaded it? How do you verify with Thomas' gpg key if you don't mind me asking? You will need a PGP software to do that, you can get it here: https://www.gpg4win.org/, install it. After that download the Electrum Installer and the Signature file right next to on Electrum's download page and keep them in the same folder: Windows Installer: https://download.electrum.org/2.5.4/electrum-2.5.4-setup.exe Signature: https://download.electrum.org/2.5.4/electrum-2.5.4-setup.exe.asc Open Command Prompt as an administrator, to do that just right click Command Prompt in Start>All Files>Accessories and choose 'Run as administrator' and click 'Continue' on the User Account Control dialog box. Or just click start and type cmd in the search box and right click on the result and do the above. After that change the path of the CMD to the folder where you have downloaded both the electrum files. For ex. If your downloads are on desktop then type 'cd desktop' or if they're in D drive then type 'cd D:' Or just copy the path of the folder and enter it in front of 'cd' in cmd, ex. 'cd C:\Users\username\Downloads\' Now just type these commands or copy paste them in the Command prompt: Code: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7F9470E6 It will show a message like, "Good signature from "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org) <thomasv@electrum.org>" And that confirms that the downloaded files are original and not from some malicious website. If your original problem still persists then it is related to something else, maybe some windows files are corrupted but if you can send and receive funds then I suppose it should be ok, keep back of your wallet just in case and do a virus scan on your pc. Will get this done later tonight, thank you for taking the time to enlighten me on this. One quick question; does anyone know if it is standard protocol for Electrum 1.9.8 to force users to download new version in order for outgoing transaction to be sent? Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: torusJKL on December 09, 2015, 02:23:52 PM One quick question; does anyone know if it is standard protocol for Electrum 1.9.8 to force users to download new version in order for outgoing transaction to be sent? Electrum does not force you to upgrade. But the bitcoin network might not accept the transaction done with 1.9.8 because there where some security enhancements added. (e.g. high S values) Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: Xiaoxiao on December 09, 2015, 06:57:53 PM One quick question; does anyone know if it is standard protocol for Electrum 1.9.8 to force users to download new version in order for outgoing transaction to be sent? Electrum does not force you to upgrade. But the bitcoin network might not accept the transaction done with 1.9.8 because there where some security enhancements added. (e.g. high S values) Well yes, not forced but it shows a popup with a link to the download page. Electrum.org I believe. Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: nachoig on December 10, 2015, 02:13:59 AM Same issue here with the standalone wallet since the 2.0 version. Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (upgraded from 8.1). And the same happens with Electrum-LTC.
Signatures are fine. Title: Re: Electrum 2.5.4 error message (Windows 7) Post by: Xiaoxiao on December 10, 2015, 03:51:13 PM Same issue here with the standalone wallet since the 2.0 version. Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (upgraded from 8.1). And the same happens with Electrum-LTC. Signatures are fine. Ok looks like I'm not alone. Anyone else seeing a message saying you need to upgrade Electrum when you are trying to send from the old version? |
