Title: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: shabazz0047 on March 26, 2019, 12:15:24 AM Hey there,
So I've got Electrum 3.0.6 running on tails and I'm hoping to send a transaction. I have found a server that works but there don't seem to be very many. Do you think I would still be able to send one more transaction before finally upgrading? I was able to get it to work about 2 weeks ago, I was able to get it to send eventually avoiding the phony error messages by choosing different servers until it worked. Has anybody had success doing this in the past day or so? What should I do? Thanks Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: jackg on March 26, 2019, 12:23:56 AM Take a look here. This question was asked recently by another user:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124014.msg50287096#msg50287096 Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: nc50lc on March 26, 2019, 01:14:03 AM From the linked thread above (cold-storage format), I have mentioned about broadcasting the signed transaction to an online broadcaster.
Here's the detailed steps (you can do this while Electrum is offline):
Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: joniboini on March 26, 2019, 01:32:11 AM You won't be able to send any transactions from Electrum under 3.3. It was done to mitigate the issue of fake update that pop up when you tried to send a transaction and you're connected to a malicious server. So either you push it or upgrade your Electrum to the latest version.
Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: pooya87 on March 26, 2019, 05:11:15 AM Take a look here. This question was asked recently by another user: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124014.msg50287096#msg50287096 since this topic was linked i have to say that if you are not an expert and don't know what are the risks of the "workarounds" you are using are, then it is best not to attempt doing any of them. just upgrade to the latest version and save yourself a lot of trouble and unnecessary risks which can lead to your funds being lost/stolen. Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: AdolfinWolf on March 26, 2019, 03:02:11 PM You won't be able to send any transactions from Electrum under 3.3. It was done to mitigate the issue of fake update that pop up when you tried to send a transaction and you're connected to a malicious server. So either you push it or upgrade your Electrum to the latest version. Hmm. I was using an older version of electrum on one of my devices just fine, yes you get the "You're using a compromised version" message, but it didn't prohibit the broadcasting of the transaction. That was until i somehow got booted off the server, and couldn't connect to any server anymore, which fixed itself after i upgraded to the latest version... ??? Take a look here. This question was asked recently by another user: Is this the same issue though?https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124014.msg50287096#msg50287096 Hey there, I don't see why you shouldn't just upgrade if it's not working anymore? Although, it should work?So I've got Electrum 3.0.6 running on tails and I'm hoping to send a transaction. I have found a server that works but there don't seem to be very many. Do you think I would still be able to send one more transaction before finally upgrading? I was able to get it to work about 2 weeks ago, I was able to get it to send eventually avoiding the phony error messages by choosing different servers until it worked. Has anybody had success doing this in the past day or so? What should I do? Thanks Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: NeuroticFish on March 26, 2019, 10:09:56 PM What should I do? If your wallet is already online / hot wallet, just get the newest version from electrum.org (is there any problem that stops you from updating?!) If your wallet is offline / cold storage, it should still work for signing the transaction (although I think that this was not your use case). Title: Re: Sending transactions on older versions of electrum Post by: pooya87 on March 27, 2019, 05:28:21 AM ~ Hmm. I was using an older version of electrum on one of my devices just fine, yes you get the "You're using a compromised version" message, but it didn't prohibit the broadcasting of the transaction. That was until i somehow got booted off the server, and couldn't connect to any server anymore, which fixed itself after i upgraded to the latest version... ??? recently a bug was found in earlier versions of Electrum in their network code. it works in a way that if the server sends them a certain message (i believe it had something to do with the size but i didn't go that deep) your client breaks and can't connect to any other server anymore unless you restart it. that is why you can no longer connect to any server because all of them are exploiting this bug to force users to upgrade to latest version and prevent phishing attacks from happening. |