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Title: How to use the 'Revealer' plugin in Electrum 3.1? Post by: xdrpx on March 07, 2018, 05:24:17 PM Hi All,
It's the first time I came accross the 'Revealer' plugin and I couldn't find a documentation about it and how exactly does it allow me to create an "Analog multi-factor backup" of my seed. Is anyone aware on how this functionality works and what it does to help store my seed as I can't seem to understand what an analog multi-factor backup means. https://i.imgur.com/VAE3iBs.png https://i.imgur.com/9JjVBZb.png And on visiting https://revealer.info (with and without the https) it doesn't seem to load the page. Maybe their page is down at the moment? Also when I click on "Calibrate" and then click on "Print Calibration pdf" it leads me to an Electrum error - (Could someone try this out and let me know if they face the same issue?) https://i.imgur.com/6On3EUs.png Thank you for your time. Title: Re: How to use the 'Revealer' plugin in Electrum 3.1? Post by: HCP on March 08, 2018, 05:53:05 AM Where did you get your download for Electrum 3.1 from?
I do not have this plugin in my Electrum 3.1 install... and I can't find reference to it in the Electrum source code... the only results of my Google searching for "revealer" return results about a keylogger! :o :o I suggest you check your browser history and make sure you downloaded your version of 3.1 from the official site (https://electrum.org/#download) and that you have also checked the digital signature of the downloaded installer using GPG! Title: Re: How to use the 'Revealer' plugin in Electrum 3.1? Post by: xdrpx on March 08, 2018, 02:16:22 PM Hi HCP,
Thanks for your response. I managed to do the background checks like you've asked and all the background checks turned out fine. The browser history turns out good: It shows I visited https://download.electrum.org/3.1.0/Electrum-3.1.0.tar.gz and also downloaded the .asc file similarly. GPG verification output came out good: Code: gpg --verify Electrum-3.1.0.tar.gz.asc Electrum-3.1.0.tar.gz So, finally I went into Electrum's IRC chatroom and Thomas and others have helped me out. They've confirmed that it was a future functionality that Thomas was working on and he had forgotten to remove it. I can also confirm that on the Windows standalone installer, the plugin doesn't exists. So I guess it exists in the Linux source file that I downloaded from the downloads page. I'm glad it's no malware. Here's the IRC discussion: https://i.imgur.com/8fWp4Q9.png Thanks for helping out! :) Title: Re: How to use the 'Revealer' plugin in Electrum 3.1? Post by: HCP on March 09, 2018, 01:48:06 AM Thanks for the update... Good to know there was nothing nefarious at play! :)
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