Electrum - Bitcoin client for the common users (friendly and instant)

[genjix]

I added selectable themes to Electrum.



To add a new theme, simply create a new directory in the electrum data directory (either ./data or your system wide local data).

Inside your directory create a file called name.cfg with the name of that theme.

Create another file called style.css - this will be your CSS for the theme (see other themes for reference).

Documentation on Qt's stylesheets (used by Electrum):

Overview: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet.html
Examples: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-examples.html
Reference manual: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/stylesheet-reference.html

[Daily Anarchist]

How do I create new receiving addresses with electrum? It started with six addresses, but I don't know how to add any more.

[Tachikoma]

How do I create new receiving addresses with electrum? It started with six addresses, but I don't know how to add any more.

It will generate addresses automatically when the current ones are used. If you need more then five addresses at the time you can increase the gap limit.

[Daily Anarchist]

How do I create new receiving addresses with electrum? It started with six addresses, but I don't know how to add any more.

It will generate addresses automatically when the current ones are used. If you need more then five addresses at the time you can increase the gap limit.

Cool! Thanks!

[bitcats]

sudo pip install https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tarball/1.0\#md5\=863e61b215bf2e3fee243ce9583f677f
Then, to start Electrum, type electrum

Is this the correct install procedure for Linux Mint 13?

[Tachikoma]

sudo pip install https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tarball/1.0\#md5\=863e61b215bf2e3fee243ce9583f677f
Then, to start Electrum, type electrum

Is this the correct install procedure for Linux Mint 13?

I've done some testing with this method and it's not perfect yet.

The best thing you can try is see if you can install 'pip' via mint packages. (sudo apt-get install python-pip I think). And then running:

Code:

sudo pip install slowaes
sudo pip install ecdsa
sudo pip install https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tarball/1.0\#md5\=863e61b215bf2e3fee243ce9583f677f

[Nancarrow]

Hello, just downloaded and am trying out the Windows GUI version. It looks nice and clean, and easy to use so far... but I've run into a problem - kinda my fault but still. [never mind, it cleared itself up]

Thanks to all concerned!

[Lumpy]

When I follow the Windows source installation instructions:

Install PyQt4
Install Electrum-1.0.zip
execute 'python electrum'

I get:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "electrum", line 23, in <module>
    from electrum.util import print_error
ImportError: No module named electrum.util

Never had this problem before...

[Tachikoma]

When I follow the Windows source installation instructions:

Install PyQt4
Install Electrum-1.0.zip
execute 'python electrum'

I get:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "electrum", line 23, in <module>
    from electrum.util import print_error
ImportError: No module named electrum.util

Never had this problem before...

Can you try it using the latest master. I don't have a Windows environment to test on so I'm not quite sure what's going on here.

[Lumpy]

When I follow the Windows source installation instructions:

Install PyQt4
Install Electrum-1.0.zip
execute 'python electrum'

I get:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "electrum", line 23, in <module>
    from electrum.util import print_error
ImportError: No module named electrum.util

Never had this problem before...

Can you try it using the latest master. I don't have a Windows environment to test on so I'm not quite sure what's going on here.

Same problem.

[ErebusBat]

When I follow the Windows source installation instructions:

Install PyQt4
Install Electrum-1.0.zip
execute 'python electrum'

I get:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "electrum", line 23, in <module>
    from electrum.util import print_error
ImportError: No module named electrum.util

Never had this problem before...

Can you try it using the latest master. I don't have a Windows environment to test on so I'm not quite sure what's going on here.

Same problem.

Try the following

1. Put the source in a folder that doesn't have any spaces, like c:\electrum
2. Put that folder in your PATH

[Joe200]

Thank you. Great client!

[flatfly]

Just to let you guys know,
there's a mention of Electrum currently trending on the Bitcoin subreddit!

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/

[genjix]

The Reddit was cool!

Also this is nice: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=103162.0;topicseen

BTW I think people should not be using github master if they want security and stability. Only use the releases. We need to change those PIP install instructions. I also need to setup an environment to test installations.

But this conference is exhausting and taking all my time. I really cannot wait until it finishes because it is super stressful. I keep hoping for it to end. Once it finishes, I'm going on a sabbatical for a few weeks where I only write code. No emails.

[flatfly]

I could finally prepare a temporary Windows computer with all required
dependencies and compile a 1-click build of Electrum 1.0.

Both regular and portable versions are now available.
Same download location as usual: http://dre.redmartian.org/elecwin.htm

**Special thanks to genjix and tachikoma for their precious help!**

Note: this build still defaults to the "pro" GUI.
If you want to give the new "lite" GUI an early try,
just drop to the console and run "electrum -g lite".
But it's still under heavy development.

[Tachikoma]

I could finally prepare a temporary Windows computer with all required
dependencies and compile a 1-click build of Electrum 1.0.

Both regular and portable versions are now available.
Same download location as usual: http://dre.redmartian.org/elecwin.htm

**Special thanks to genjix and tachikoma for their precious help!**

Note: this build still defaults to the "pro" GUI.
If you want to give the new "lite" GUI an early try,
just drop to the console and run "electrum -g lite".
But it's still under heavy development.

No problem!

I had trouble getting Electrum to connect, not sure if that's isolated to my Windows VM though. Are you available for a chat on IRC by the way? I love to have you more closely involved with the project you are doing an awesome job at the windows client.

[flatfly]

No problem!

I had trouble getting Electrum to connect, not sure if that's isolated to my Windows VM though. Are you available for a chat on IRC by the way? I love to have you more closely involved with the project you are doing an awesome job at the windows client.

Thanks! I would be honored to have a chat about it. However, unfortunately, I will not be available on IRC until later this week.

About the client not connecting from your VM: does the previous build (0.60) connect successfully?

[Tachikoma]

No problem!

I had trouble getting Electrum to connect, not sure if that's isolated to my Windows VM though. Are you available for a chat on IRC by the way? I love to have you more closely involved with the project you are doing an awesome job at the windows client.

Thanks! I would be honored to have a chat about it. However, unfortunately, I will not be available on IRC until later this week.

About the client not connecting from your VM: does the previous build (0.60) connect successfully?

I think it's not a problem with your build. I just tried a fresh install on my Ubuntu VM and I got the same problem It seems there is a problem somewhere in the code that prevents it from connecting on first launch when no valid wallet is found.

[flatfly]

There seems to be a new problem:
 electrum no longer prompts for password encryption when creating or restoring wallets  at the command line.

and it throws the following error:

Wallet saved in '\...\Application Data\Electrum\electrum.dat'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "(electrum)", line 258, in <module>
    if password:
NameError: name 'password' is not defined


EDIT: found the issue, there's a TAB character in the whitespace at line 207 that screws it:

Code:

password = prompt_password("Password (hit return if you do not wish to encrypt your wallet):")

[Tachikoma]

There seems to be a new problem:
 electrum no longer prompts for password encryption when creating or restoring wallets  at the command line.

and it throws the following error:

Wallet saved in '\...\Application Data\Electrum\electrum.dat'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "(electrum)", line 258, in <module>
    if password:
NameError: name 'password' is not defined


EDIT: found the issue, there's a TAB character in the whitespace at line 207 that screws it:

Code:

password = prompt_password("Password (hit return if you do not wish to encrypt your wallet):")

Which branch was this on?