So you can run it as root but not as an unprivileged user? Is that correct? Does it work when you type electrum in a terminal as an unprivileged user? If yes then the problem is simply with the launcher shortcut. Otherwise if you can't run it at all as an unprivileged user then it looks like a permissions problem.

Try uninstalling electrum and protobuf. Then reinstall electrum. It'll pull in protobuf anew and perhaps that'll fix it.

If this doesn't work then uninstall electrum as root. Then reinstall it as an unprivileged user in your home directory. You can simply place a link to the binary in your home directory and use it that way.

You have an unlimited number of addresses. These are just the ones that have been generated to date. More will be generated once you start using addresses.

Always. See first paragraph:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1641720.msg16513872#msg16513872

press ctrl+a to bring the addresses tab into view. you will see all your receiving addresses there.

So you've installed electrum twice. Once in /usr/bin/electrum and once in your home folder.

Edit: I think it would be best if you removed the version of electrum in your home folder and reinstalled it as root. So as root download the tarball from the electrum site, verify the GPG sigs and run install again:


Once the download is verified ("Good signature"), install it:


Remove the version in your home folder:

There was a change in the wallet file format in 2.7.0 so 2.6.4 electrum won't be able to read your wallet file. You will have to restore from seed.

Please do post the output of

The deterministic wallet will definitely continue to be supported. ThomasV the chief developer has said that it is part of the social contract between electrum developers and its users that seed backups continue to work forever. So maintaining backward compatibility with old deterministic wallet types is a priority for him.

However there are certain advantages to making a new wallet:

- Newer wallets use compressed public keys which take up less space on the blockchain. so you may save some small amount in transaction fees over time. It will also be better for other bitcoin users because the chain won't get bloated by transactions involving uncompressed public keys.
- Hundreds of addresses might soon turn into thousands and at that point electrum will take too long to load and do transactions. Unfortunately Electrum can't handle thousands of addresses in a wallet. So better to send your money to a fresh wallet. You can still use the old wallet if you ever need to.

To create a new wallet use the file > new/ restore option. To open it use file > open. To create a shortcut use the -w switch.

maybe you have more than one python version on your system.

First:


It should output something like /usr/bin/python. Then run the following (replace /usr/bin/python with the path from the last command)


Post the output of the above 3 commands

no, you've been misled. none of what you said is correct. multibit HD is better than classic.

The timestamp helps it sync your wallet faster. Technically it can sync your wallet without the timestamp but why take a risk? Backup both the timestamp and the wallet words.

BTW you should ask these questions in the multibit forum:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=99.0

To remove the wallet file on the computer you are NOT going to use find the electrum data directory and then delete it. The location of the data directory depends on your operating system:
http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#where-is-my-wallet-file-located

Uninstalling electrum from add/remove programs will NOT remove the data directory. You have to delete the data directory manually.

Don't check any boxes.


It'll come in the next step after you enter the seed.

You ask a lot of questions here. You should just try stuff. Your computer won't bite!

Electrum stores the wallet in your user directory. When you uninstall electrum the wallet is not removed. If you reinstall it it will detect that an old wallet is still there and open it up by default. To get it to create and/or restore another wallet you have to use the file -> new/restore option and later the file >open option to open a specific wallet file.

The 12 word phrase lets electrum recreate all your private keys and corresponding addresses. The wallet file stores transaction and address labels that cannot be recovered with just the 12 word seed. So you can access your bitcoins but the labels will not be there unless you keep a copy of the wallet file too.

The password encrypts the 12 word phrase before it is written to your hard disk. The idea is that if someone malicious gets their hands on your computer, either locally or remotely, they can't spend your bitcoin until and unless they enter the password.


Exactly. Setting a password is good.


After uninstalling electrum from add/remove you should remove the wallet file too. You will find this in the data dir:

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#where-is-my-wallet-file-located

Select:

- Restore a wallet or import keys

- Standard wallet type

Then it'll ask you to enter your seed. So type those 12 words in. If they are correct the next button at the bottom of the window will be clickable ( i.e NOT grayed out). Click on that and it'll generate addresses and ask you to set a password for your restored wallet. This password has nothing to do with your previous password. It's a new password and if you like it can be the same as your old one or a different one. You will be asked for it when spending your bitcoins.

You can always restore from the 12 words only. The 12 words alone are a sufficient backup.

how many words are in your seed? For a 2fa wallet it should be a 25 word seed. Is that what you have?

BTW choosing 2fa as the wallet type when restoring the wallet is the correct approach for a 2fa wallet.

Sweeping accomplishes the same thing in less steps. That's why I first talk about sweeping the private key in my post above.

You can sweep the private key which is better than importing it. Here's how to do that:

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#can-i-sweep-private-keys-from-other-bitcoin-clients

If you want the private key to become a part of your wallet then you have to import it. I don't recommend this but if you really want to do it then it can be done by creating a new wallet:

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#can-i-import-private-keys-from-other-bitcoin-clients

That's dynamically generated by javascript in the browser so chrome is not going to cache that. I think you are out of luck on this one. I suggest writing it off as a loss.

Invalid otp means the 2fa code you typed in is incorrect. Usually this happens because the time on your PC and/or your mobile are wrong. So make sure the clock on both those devices is set correctly.