Yes, it seems to be fine. Proceed with the instructions and post once there are any specific errors with which we might be able to help.

It should be "g++-mingw-w64-x86-64" and not "g++mingw-w64-x86-64". You forgot to put "-" before "mingw".

Thanks! It doesn't really bother me much, though. I am at 1022 activity right now and I still haven't been promoted which means that I am going to become a Legendary in two weeks! This time, I got extremely unlucky.

Nic nie stoi na przeszkodzie, żeby używać osobnego portfela do BTC. Skoro znasz już Exodus, to możesz przy nim zostać dla altcoinów, a do Electrum wystarczy, że zaimportujesz swój seed. Wszystko powinno działać bez problemów.

Co do wysokości opłaty, nie zależy ona tylko od ustawień, które portfel może ograniczać, ale także od tego jak ta transakcja wygląda. W tym poście rozpisałem się bardziej na ten temat. Napisałaś, że otrzymałaś kilkanaście transakcji przychodzących. Jeżeli próbujesz przesłać wszystko lub znaczną część monet, to to prawdopodobnie jest przyczyną.

Yeah, there is a checkbox during checkout which signs up people for their newsletter and other spam. I am quite sure that lately, they have been sending a lot of e-mails with links to their articles.

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You can get your node's id by typing "nodeid()" in the Console. You can enable it in "View -> Show Console". Check out this reddit post for more instructions on getting an inbound channel from lnbig. I am not sure about how you can make it work for other nodes. Ask the other node to open a channel with you using your node's id after you connect to their node from the console.


Are both of these wallets connected to the same node? Are they open at the same time? Did you spend some of the coins from the second wallet in order to make space for incoming funds?

You have downloaded a fake version of Electrum. Old versions are vulnerable to phishing which tricks users into downloading a malicious version (you can read more about it here). Sorry, but you have lost your money. You should have checked the official website for up-to-date information.

By default, Bitcoin Core nodes drop unconfirmed transactions after 14 days; not 7 days. Once the transaction is dropped, the sender is not charged anything and can spend the same UTXOs again. However, the transaction could be broadcast again by anyone in the future, so invalidating it by spending one of its inputs should be considered.

Note: If a transaction is marked as replaceable, you can spend the same UTXOs without having to wait for the transaction to drop or you can bump the fee. If it's not then CPFP could help.

Can you post a screenshot of it? I am not sure what the red highlight means. "Force-close" should work for you, but you will have to wait at least 1 week before the closing transaction is confirmed. Can you see "Close" too?


Electrum creates private channels which are not discoverable by such explorers.

That should never happen. As I said a few posts above, even if a transaction is dropped, it could be broadcast again. Since channels' on-chain balance changes only on their opening and closure, the dropped closing transaction would be still valid. In a case of cooperative closure, both nodes should keep broadcasting the closing transaction or sign a new transaction with a higher fee. If the channel continued to operate normally, someone would eventually lose money once the closing transaction has been confirmed.

There are two types of channel backups in Electrum. The first one ('File -> Save backup') backs up only information required to reestablish the connection with the other party and request a forced channel closure. This kind of backup is called a Static Channel Backup. Data-loss protection discourages the other party from providing the old state of the channel. The second method is backing up each channel individually. Apparently, such backups contain the latest commitment state of the channel so a force-close is not required.


The funds definitely are not going to be locked/lost. I will let you know in the morning after I have reviewed the code. If anyone is interested then search for "CHANNEL_OPENING_TIMEOUT" variable.


No. Most nodes will drop any transaction stuck in the mempool after 2 weeks. However, even if a transaction is dropped, someone could rebroadcast it at any time and it would be still valid as long as the UTXOs used in that transaction haven't been spent.

You should use "Force-close" only when the other party hasn't been online for some time. As a counter-cheat measure, the closing transaction will be delayed by a week so that the other party has enough time to verify if an old state of the channel was not published. If you use "Close channel" then a cooperative channel closure occurs and the closing transaction is broadcast instantly.

ACINQ's node should be completely fine. You can use 1ml.com to choose another node. Scroll down a little and you should see "Top Capacity Nodes" and "Most Connected Nodes". Any of the nodes listed there should be a good choice.

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Either the node with which you opened a channel is badly connected or there aren't any nodes with enough liquidity to route your payment. You might have made a mistake from the post above. If you didn't specify the node manually when opening the channel then Electrum should have suggested a well-connected node. I am not sure about BlueWallet and Wallet of Satoshi since they are custodial wallets, but channels created using the Phoenix wallet definitely do not have any inbound capacity by default. You will have to spend some of your coins before attempting to receive to it. That's also the case for Eclair Mobile.

Probably none. I thought that Electrum 3.3.8 was old enough to be fully supported by your Trezor's outdated firmware. Since the signing process has been refactored in the recent Trezor software updates, I assumed that you might fail to sign the transaction using the latest version of Electrum.

Ease of use and ability to sell coins instantly. Software wallets usually require some technical knowledge and reading comprehension which many people lack. Most people are not aware that they are not in full control of their coins, though. Blockchain Wallet is an alternative which gives users a backup seed, but there have been numerous complaints about missing or stolen funds. I wouldn't use it either.

That's exactly what I meant. Thanks for pointing it out. I was quite sure there was something off about that sentence.

Coinbase Wallet is a deterministic custodial wallet meaning that you won't be able to get private keys for your addresses. You have to send your coins to a new wallet or the one for which you already have the keys.


Bitcoin Core does not support any kind of seed phrases. You can either import your private keys or generate a new wallet in Bitcoin Core and send the coins there.


Yes. Keep in mind that you will have to rescan your wallet every time you add a new private key. You can import multiple private keys before doing a rescan. The rescan time depends on your hardware. It can take a few minutes. Don't forget to make a new backup of the wallet file.