The perfect solution would be a downloadable client with blockchain.info speed and ease of use.
that's the definition of Electrum  |
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I [...] had to restore from seed [..], losing all my transaction labels every time.
I am thinking about a centralized service that would store and serve transaction labels for electrum users. this is useful not only for restore, but also if you use the same wallet on different computers. in the meantime, please note that you can save/restore your labels manually, using Electrum's "set" and "get" commands. it works like this: electrum get labels > labels_filename
and, to restore them: electrum set labels "`cat labels_filename`"
the "set" and "get" commands are quite versatile, and can be used with all wallet or config variables, except those that are critical for security. |
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I just checked out the 1.5.8 tag and it works fine if I run it with "./electrum" but when I run the copy installed with "setup.py install" I get an error
It looks like your install was not complete. did it throw an error? |
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I released version 1.5.8. (binaries are not yet ready)
changelog:
# Release 1.5.8 (02-01-2013)
== Core
* (Bug) Fix pending address balance on received coins for pruning servers
* (Bug) Fix history command line option to show output again (regression by SPV)
* (Chore) Add timeout to blockchain headers file download by HTTP
* (Feature) new option: -L, --language: default language used in GUI.
== Lite GUI
* (Bug) Sending to auto-completed contacts works again
* (Chore) Added version number to title bar
== Classic GUI
* (Feature) Language selector in options.
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I hope we can have the proxy support working sometimes soon, especially in the portable build.
At the moment the proxy option is greyed out.
sorry but I am not aware of the problem. what is going on? |
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please rename this thread, the title is confusing.
your question is about the website blockchain.info (which could indeed be hacked), not about the Bitcoin blockchain (which is safe).
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I was playing around with electrum -g text. This looks pretty cool, and I like the idea for a server gui-like interface as I have a few servers this may be handy for.
But I had couple issues.
First, what key combo gets you the menu items. I tried Ctrl-<letter> but that didn't work, and Ctrl-C exits the program. But Ctrl-Q does also exit. Alt-<letter> doesn't work due to the terminal grabbing that sequence.
Ctrl-S : settings Ctrl-N : network use the cursor to navigate Second, when I exit with Ctrl-Q it leaves the console in a weird state. Typing <return> no longer does a line-return and so typing stays on the same line. Seems like some ncurses state is not reset or something like that.
with 1.5.7 ? |
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if you are not satisfied with mtgox, use another exchange. this will bring liquidity there  |
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can you move this post (and similar others) to the alternate cryptocurrencies subforum?
That subforum is on my ignore list because I don't want to hear about scamcoins
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Download: http:// ge.tt/3CppLwT/v/0
I do appreciate the work you do to promote Electrum. However, I am very concerned by binaries distributed by third parties, because this is a potential vector for malware. I guess this binary uses the --portable flag on startup, and this (hopefully) is the only difference. why don't you ask slush to create an official "portable" executable file with this option? |
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hey guys. Just salvaged 20.01 from my dad's old wallet.dat and sent it (after sending a test-mBTC) to his brand-new electrum wallet, which is friendly and instant, but VERY CONFUSING:
...
So now my dad thinks "oh, hey, 'they' doubled my bitcoins, how nice of 'them'. Now I have 40 bitcoins"
That's not very reassuring to a newbie like my dad.
Do you still see the wrong balance after restarting electrum? No, display is correct now (after breakfast and restart). However I'm not sure wether this was because of the restart or the fact that the transactions have confirmations now (at least the 20.01 I sent from the old wallet had 0 confirmations at the time). EDIT: note that one transaction where we sent BTC 0.01 of the just-received 20.01 BTC to "nick" (this was to explain to dad how to send bitcoin). I guess that's what made the pruning possible? We did this while the 20.01 BTC transaction still had 0 confirmations. can you send me the transaction IDs of the transactions shown in the screenshot? that would be useful Edit: I believe I have found the problem. it is fixed on github. |
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I would include that with my "clear the cache" step, but thanks for clarifying for those who don't know such things.
since when does clearing the cache also clear cookies? Really, I agree it's not recommended for nontechnical users, but it looks like it can be safely used if you know what you are doing.
Really, it looks like a scam targeted at nontechnical users. Especially if you know that the creator of this website has also been "mining" for private keys generated from passphrases, saying that it was morally acceptable to steal coins from users that are dumb enough to use simple passphrases. |
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Load the page, yank the ethernet cord (or disable wireless), then use it. Everything is done client side in javascript, and I don't see any network code that could potentially upload it, but disconnecting will make sure.
no, it won't. javascript can use cookies or LocalStorage. |
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Note: I strongly advise against using brainwallet.org.
I've not used it, but can I ask why? I suppose it is a very efficient method for collecting private keys |
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@OP: can you explain more precisely what you did?
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I could have sworn I double and tripple-checked that it was as I have written it down
if that's the case, the problem might be with what you have not written down: the spacing between words. could you have inserted a double space somewhere? I would try that Note: I strongly advise against using brainwallet.org. |
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A deterministic wallet is a wallet that you need to backup only once.
It creates all your Bitcoin addresses from a random number called "seed".
Your wallet can be recovered from the seed, if the wallet file is accidentally deleted.
That is an important security feature, because it protects you from your own mistakes, or computer crashes.
the following clients have deterministic wallets:
- Electrum
- Armory
- Bitcoinspinner
the official Bitcoin client might support deterministic wallets in the future; google for "Bitcoin BIP 32"
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using an Simplified Payments Verification (SPV) client (e.g,., MultiBit or Bitcoin Wallet for Android), or a lite client like Electrum or Bitcoin Spinner
Not sure if you are aware of it, but Electrum . . . Does Electrum provide a "wallet import" function that can read a wallet.dat from Bitcoin-Qt and import the private keys? If not, this is the one thing that holds me back from recommending Electrum to brand new users who already installed Bitcoin-QT, and already have a transaction pending, but are in the frustrating position of waiting for the blockchain to download. Talking a new user through dumpprivkey is far more complex than linking to the wallet import page at blockchain.info no, it does not have a "wallet import" function. it does have an "address import", but it does not work with the "compressed" key format used in the recent versions of bitcoin-qt (introduced in version 0.6). I am working to fix that. In any case, I would not recomment the import/export of private keys to a new user; the security offered by deterministic wallets is an important feature that they lose if they import keys |
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using an Simplified Payments Verification (SPV) client (e.g,., MultiBit or Bitcoin Wallet for Android), or a lite client like Electrum or Bitcoin Spinner
Not sure if you are aware of it, but Electrum does perform SPV. (since version 1.3) It downloads all the block headers and it verifies all the transactions sent by the server. |
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thanks, how can i run that restore function? cant find it anywhere in the program (i am using winxp32sp3)
You would run it from a command prompt. Or maybe easier create a desktop shortcut that runs "electrum restore" command. It doesn't exist in the gui interface. I'm on Linux so I may be a bit off for Windows but I think it's pretty much the same. you don't have to do that. just start electrum on a new wallet path, eg electrum -w my_new_wallet and select "restore" in the dialog window |
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