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Title: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: AhmadM on December 18, 2020, 10:36:55 PM Just a few hours ago electrum has released up - Electrum-4.0.9
Release notes -> https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES Quote - Fixes a regression introduced in 4.0.8, that prevents from paying BIP70 invoices (#6859) - Reflect frozen channels and disconnected peers in the displayed 'can send/can receive' amounts. Download link: https://electrum.org/#download P.S. For the first time I update my electrum wallet twice in a day, lol Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: dkbit98 on December 19, 2020, 01:03:28 PM Update again...
Electrum developers are very active this month and we have four updates in December with potential to see them more. I can't remember when something like this happening before, but it is good they are working and fixing the bugs. I would wait some time before updating to latest version. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: pooya87 on December 20, 2020, 04:43:42 AM Update again... They have always been very active, you can check the github repository's pulse (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pulse/monthly) every month or the commit history to see all that activity. It's just that they are releasing more versions this month because of the bugs that appear to be affecting Lightning Network usage and have to be fixed.Electrum developers are very active this month and we have four updates in December with potential to see them more. I can't remember when something like this happening before, but it is good they are working and fixing the bugs. I would wait some time before updating to latest version. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: NotATether on December 31, 2020, 12:20:01 AM I usually verify Electrum checksums before using a new version, but today when I intended to update to 4.0.9, I noticed that all of the downloads on electrum.org have signatures that look like this:
https://download.electrum.org/4.0.9/Electrum-4.0.9.tar.gz.asc Code: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- This is a valid signature from ThomasV, but where is the checksum data? Usually it's at the beginning of the signature in the message data. How am I supposed to verify that the Electrum download isn't compromised without a checksum? Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: pooya87 on December 31, 2020, 04:29:44 AM I usually verify Electrum checksums before using a new version, I don't remember Electrum ever releasing checksum of their releases and the reason has always been to prevent people from relying on checksum for authenticity checks. The signature verification does a much better job compared to checksum already.Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: NotATether on December 31, 2020, 08:45:37 AM I usually verify Electrum checksums before using a new version, I don't remember Electrum ever releasing checksum of their releases and the reason has always been to prevent people from relying on checksum for authenticity checks. The signature verification does a much better job compared to checksum already.The problem now is how am I supposed to use this to verify this particular download, since merely any signed PGP message by ThomasV with nothing else in it doesn't guarantee the authenticity of what I just downloaded. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: Husna QA on December 31, 2020, 09:31:35 AM The problem now is how am I supposed to use this to verify this particular download, since merely any signed PGP message by ThomasV with nothing else in it doesn't guarantee the authenticity of what I just downloaded. If the file you download matches the Electrum developer's original signature, it will display "Good signature". However, if the Electrum file and Signature do not match, it will say "no signed data".https://i.ibb.co/n3CypRx/55982628.png https://i.ibb.co/6v39dMg/55982628.png See also the Electrum developer statement about checksums: A checksum on the website does add any security. If the website is compromised, so is the checksum. In contrast, a signature cannot be forged. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: NotATether on December 31, 2020, 10:45:53 AM ~snip I seem to have gone blank for a second, thinking that only text could be signed with GPG and that for arbitrary bytes you could only encrypt it. So all this time the signatures were being made using GPG's --sign command with the contents of the Electrum binary? Can this signature be decrypted to output the original file? Something like what I saw over here (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/how-to-sign-a-file-on-linux-with-gpg/)? Code: gpg --sign gpg.docx Edit: one more thing, does this verification process depend on the binary being present on disk? If not then what's stopping a bad actor from supplying a bad binary but with the PGP signature for the good binary? Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: pooya87 on January 01, 2021, 05:10:06 AM I seem to have gone blank for a second, thinking that only text could be signed with GPG and that for arbitrary bytes you could only encrypt it. So all this time the signatures were being made using GPG's --sign command with the contents of the Electrum binary? You can encrypt or sign any arbitrary bytes, the source of those bytes doesn't matter. It can be a text (string) or it could be a small file or a gigantic one line a Linux iso file. In this case the binary file is read as a stream of bytes then passed to the signing algorithm which will then produce a signature.Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: clip123 on January 02, 2021, 11:59:41 PM Hi, when creating new wallet under Choose Seed type
Default option is Segwit but text suggests to pick Legacy. Which one to pick? and any complications with picking one over the other? Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: NotATether on January 03, 2021, 12:28:37 AM Hi, when creating new wallet under Choose Seed type Default option is Segwit but text suggests to pick Legacy. Which one to pick? and any complications with picking one over the other? You should always pick Segwit unless you have to receive bitcoins from somebody whose using an exchange that does not support sending to Segwit addresses. Sewgit addresses are the newer address type which have lower transaction fees and by using them, you help push their adoption more. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: clip123 on January 03, 2021, 02:03:59 AM Hi, when creating new wallet under Choose Seed type Default option is Segwit but text suggests to pick Legacy. Which one to pick? and any complications with picking one over the other? You should always pick Segwit unless you have to receive bitcoins from somebody whose using an exchange that does not support sending to Segwit addresses. Sewgit addresses are the newer address type which have lower transaction fees and by using them, you help push their adoption more. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: pooya87 on January 03, 2021, 04:20:32 AM ~ unless you have to receive bitcoins from somebody whose using an exchange that does not support sending to Segwit addresses.~ Keep in mind that if any service exists that doesn't support SegWit transactions it means that the said service has not updated their infrastructure for 3.5 years and it is wise not to use such incompetent services because they definitely haven't updated a lot of other things including their security.Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: acroman08 on January 03, 2021, 02:12:33 PM just a question regarding updating electrum and I'm still not entirely familiar with electrum. do I have to uninstall my electrum every time there is an update or there a way to update it without deleting electrum from my computer? I tried updating it using the link provided inside the wallet but while updating an error occurred and told me to either abort, retry or ignore. after clicking abort my electrum won't open so I decided to just uninstall it then installing the latest version. again, is there a better way of updating electrum other than uninstalling and stalling it again? TIA!
Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: Rath_ on January 03, 2021, 02:24:14 PM do I have to uninstall my electrum every time there is an update or there a way to update it without deleting electrum from my computer? I tried updating it using the link provided inside the wallet but while updating an error occurred and told me to either abort, retry or ignore. after clicking abort my electrum won't open so I decided to just uninstall it then installing the latest version. No, you don't have to uninstall it. Did you make sure to close the Electrum before proceeding with the update? You won't be able to update it if it is running in the background. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: bL4nkcode on January 03, 2021, 02:30:05 PM just a question regarding updating electrum and I'm still not entirely familiar with electrum. do I have to uninstall my electrum every time there is an update or there a way to update it without deleting electrum from my computer? I tried updating it using the link provided inside the wallet but while updating an error occurred and told me to either abort, retry or ignore. after clicking abort my electrum won't open so I decided to just uninstall it then installing the latest version. again, is there a better way of updating electrum other than uninstalling and stalling it again? TIA! I experienced what you did before I forgot what version it is but the error is normal imo. What you can do is uninstall and install it again like what you did. But the recommended thing to do is have at least a backup of your wallets inside the wallet folder of electrum or your recovery seed before uninstalling electrum since the entire electrum folder will be removed in the process. Also, verify the electrum software before installing it like what others repeatedly suggests. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: Rath_ on January 03, 2021, 02:38:14 PM [...] at least a backup of your wallets inside the wallet folder of electrum or your recovery seed before uninstalling electrum since the entire electrum folder will be removed in the process The data directory ("%APPDATA%\Electrum") is left intact when Electrum is being uninstalled. It never hurts to have an extra backup, though. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: bL4nkcode on January 03, 2021, 02:45:46 PM [...] at least a backup of your wallets inside the wallet folder of electrum or your recovery seed before uninstalling electrum since the entire electrum folder will be removed in the process The data directory ("%APPDATA%\Electrum") is left intact when Electrum is being uninstalled. It never hurts to have an extra backup, though. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: acroman08 on January 03, 2021, 03:46:39 PM No, you don't have to uninstall it. Did you make sure to close the Electrum before proceeding with the update? You won't be able to update it if it is running in the background. thanks for answering. I see I did leave my electrum running while updating. this info helps a lot.I experienced what you did before I forgot what version it is but the error is normal imo. I did some necessary precaution(but not what you mentioned) to make it is safe before uninstalling and installing electrum. thanks for telling me.What you can do is uninstall and install it again like what you did. But the recommended thing to do is have at least a backup of your wallets inside the wallet folder of electrum or your recovery seed before uninstalling electrum since the entire electrum folder will be removed in the process. Also, verify the electrum software before installing it like what others repeatedly suggests. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: clip123 on January 03, 2021, 09:03:19 PM just a question regarding updating electrum and I'm still not entirely familiar with electrum. do I have to uninstall my electrum every time there is an update or there a way to update it without deleting electrum from my computer? I tried updating it using the link provided inside the wallet but while updating an error occurred and told me to either abort, retry or ignore. after clicking abort my electrum won't open so I decided to just uninstall it then installing the latest version. again, is there a better way of updating electrum other than uninstalling and stalling it again? TIA! I would not recommend updating from the app itself as there was a malware version pushed (it is noted on electrum.org as well). Always download from electrum then verify signature and then update it from verified version. Quote Warning: Electrum versions older than 3.3.4 are susceptible to phishing. Do not download Electrum from another source than electrum.org, and learn to verify GPG signatures. Edit: Please make sure to Always backup wallet/keys. Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: plata on January 31, 2021, 05:49:10 PM Is it only me that dont have the "Fees" under tools - preferences then before Fees
I want to change to set fees manually, any help? Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: hosseinimr93 on January 31, 2021, 05:54:08 PM Is it only me that dont have the "Fees" under tools - preferences then before Fees That option has been removed from the latest versions of electrum (4.0.x)For setting the fee manually, click on "Advanced" when making a payment. https://i.imgur.com/9HkpJdn.jpg A new window will open and you can type the fee manually at bottom of it. https://i.imgur.com/GwLAeLX.jpg Title: Re: New release: Electrum-4.0.9 Post by: nc50lc on February 01, 2021, 04:39:13 AM Is it only me that dont have the "Fees" under tools - preferences then before Fees have you imported the private key(s) of the input(s) of the transaction that you want to replace in this thread: /index.php?topic=5313492.msg56235634 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5313492.msg56235634)?I want to change to set fees manually, any help? If so, you can easily send it back to yourself using "Cancel transaction" or perform RBF using "Increase fee" right-click options in the history tab. The total fee however can't be edited using those options, the best you can do is to set the 'fee slider' to "static". |
