in linux it's "electrum -w /path/to/wallet/file"

I assume in windows it will be "electrum.exe -w c:\path\to\wallet\file"

There's a script here: https://github.com/maran/electrum-winbuild

It doesn't work for me, but it works for others.  I'm suspecting my issues are AWS/EC2 related and I'm working on duplicating the scripts another way as well.

Electrum will connect to multiple servers to download the headers.  Use the -1 flag if you do not want this.

At least one of the servers is running on port 110, which I believe is because it's commonly open through firewalls.  Your client is reaching out to that server to download headers from.

BTW, your "security hole" is basically disabling SPV completely.

I've previously got KGW working with vertcoin, but it's quite slow due to the way KGW works (perhaps someone else could figure out how to speed up the code).

See here: https://github.com/wozz/electrum-vert/blob/master/lib/blockchain.py#L284

I assume you'll need to modify quite a bit of code to get this working correctly.

All funds from a single unspent output must be spent entirely in the same transaction (or miners fee), however if there are multiple unspent outputs on a single address, they can be spent separately.

I would start here: https://github.com/9cat/electrum-tpc/blob/templecoin/lib/blockchain.py#L253

You left everything the same as Litecoin.  I know nothing about templecoin, but I assume it's not a complete clone of Litecoin.

Once a transaction sends BTC, it will be sent to addresses B and C where C is the change address.  A new transaction would then need to be created and signed by C to send the remaining funds.

The transactions in bitcoin actually send based on unspent outputs from previous transactions instead of just keeping a balance on an address.  Once a transaction output is spent, it can never be spent again, and the unspent outputs of the first transaction will be used to create new transactions.

I think you have set up just one wallet, which is a cold wallet.  If you have to sign your transactions offline, then it's already a cold wallet.  The addresses should match on both wallets if they're the same.

The watch-only wallet is the same wallet as your cold wallet, but it doesn't contain the private key data, only the public key and address information.

If you can send a transaction by just entering a password on the online wallet, then it's not a cold wallet.

You should have a corresponding watch only online wallet.  You create that with the public key from the offline wallet.  The online watch-only wallet is where you can view your balance.

Another option would be Shamir's Secret Sharing: https://github.com/amper5and/secrets.js

You would create the seed and then split it using a tool like this.

The repo is currently under active development for the 2.0 release.  The version number has not yet been updated, however the code has had significant changes recently.  Everything should be backwards compatible so that if you use an old wallet, it will still work, however, I'm not sure about the other way around.  Just make sure you back up your seed, and if anything goes wrong, you can restore on the 1.9.8 release version.

As for mBTC vs BTC, it is a configurable option in the preferences, so you can use whichever you prefer.  The new tabs are an attempt to make the wallet easier to use based on feedback of confused users.

yes, just select multiple addresses before right click to send from

I like it combined with the "send from" feature.  That way if the addresses have weird amounts you don't have to add it all up.

looks like electrumupzx5w5f.onion was down for a while. I think my tor daemon quit and I don't have a monitor on it. It should be up now and I'll try to find a way to monitor if it goes down so I can restart it.

If you use the -1 (number one) flag, it should only try to connect to 1 server.

Also, I have a server that should be running on this address: electrumupzx5w5f.onion

Let me know if it's not working, I think it may have been unresponsive on tor for the last week or two.

Edit, also you should probably turn off the exchange rate plugin to remain truly anonymous.  Since the exchange rate plugin queries several api's depending on the currency.

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If you go to the receive tab, it should show a list of at least 5 unused addresses.  Your used addresses get put into a collapsed list and you need to select the arrow that is pointing to the right to see those.  Once you select that arrow, you should see all the addresses from your wallet.

Here's a screenshot of the arrow I'm talking about: http://imgur.com/VdOpEp1

If you can't see anything on the receive tab, that's a different problem.  Could you post a screenshot of what you see?  Please blur or black out any sensitive data.

Thanks

Another way to send from a certain address or addresses is to right click and "send from".  You can do this by selecting multiple addresses at once and using "send from".

Do you not see this in the bar at the top of the window?

http://imgur.com/9t9748P

I think it's in a slightly different place in OS X, but that's just how OS X works.

Also, make sure your version is updated.

Can someone please whitelist me?

=====signed message=========
Proof of transactions.
=====sig=================
G4Kwkyrpdq3QUNBIhukMIbI67Ybjcl8v4FzQRfsWyg8lcD2lk9shu6wPgkEA2IQr50Q+wTskpmOoR5QInLNdUzc=
=====address==============
https://blockchain.info/address/1PzbuhdNhuuEC3wmE2FwNpQ6VoX6GEHnX6
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