Electrum Bonanza (Free bitcoins!)

[JompinDox]

Installed on Ubuntu 12.04



PM for the bitcoin address

NOTES:

I was just introduced to bitcoins a few weeks ago.  I was using the bitcoin-qt application on Windows 7.  But I was getting tired of switching to Windows 7 just to check the balance, plus the wait time for bitcoin-qt to re-sync with the blockchain info was frustrating, especially after not using Windows 7 for a few days.  (I didn't install bitcoind on Ubuntu, because the blockchain db is eating up space under Windows 7, and I didn't want a duplicate eating up space for Ubuntu - ie shared HD).

I tried the pre-built Electrum deb install package for amd 64 client via the website.  Well the installer dependencies are sort of wacky, and I had to manually apt-get python-twisted and "fix" the install.  After which it ran, at first it wasn't connecting to a stratum(sp?) server...then I read the forums and switched from to port 50001, then it connected. 

But then, I tried importing some keys from another wallet, and I got a "Error: keypair import failed:" with a blank reason.  Well, gosh the blank reason was weird.  Browsing git did not give me any clues.  So, I tried a few more keys, and got the same error...I gave up and downloaded the source, fired up vi added an import pdb & pdb.set_trace() call to look into things....2 hours later I figured out that the ecdsa crypto in wallet.py fairly old, and does not support compressed keys...3 hours later, I gave up on trying to update wallet.py, and just uncompressed the keys before importing them.  However, even after successfully importing the keys, the balance never updated...

I would post this to the Electrum development forum, but I don't have that right(at least for now).

Hmm.. Care to share how you actually 'uncompressed' those keys? I didn't know it was even possible.

[Tachikoma]

Installed on Ubuntu 12.04



PM for the bitcoin address

NOTES:

I was just introduced to bitcoins a few weeks ago.  I was using the bitcoin-qt application on Windows 7.  But I was getting tired of switching to Windows 7 just to check the balance, plus the wait time for bitcoin-qt to re-sync with the blockchain info was frustrating, especially after not using Windows 7 for a few days.  (I didn't install bitcoind on Ubuntu, because the blockchain db is eating up space under Windows 7, and I didn't want a duplicate eating up space for Ubuntu - ie shared HD).

I tried the pre-built Electrum deb install package for amd 64 client via the website.  Well the installer dependencies are sort of wacky, and I had to manually apt-get python-twisted and "fix" the install.  After which it ran, at first it wasn't connecting to a stratum(sp?) server...then I read the forums and switched from to port 50001, then it connected. 

But then, I tried importing some keys from another wallet, and I got a "Error: keypair import failed:" with a blank reason.  Well, gosh the blank reason was weird.  Browsing git did not give me any clues.  So, I tried a few more keys, and got the same error...I gave up and downloaded the source, fired up vi added an import pdb & pdb.set_trace() call to look into things....2 hours later I figured out that the ecdsa crypto in wallet.py fairly old, and does not support compressed keys...3 hours later, I gave up on trying to update wallet.py, and just uncompressed the keys before importing them.  However, even after successfully importing the keys, the balance never updated...

I would post this to the Electrum development forum, but I don't have that right(at least for now).

You can always raise a ticket on Github, or even better supply a patch!

[ZenInTexas]

Installed on Ubuntu 12.04

http://s14.postimage.org/tocj7p519/Screenshot_from_2012_09_05_01_38_44.jpg

PM for the bitcoin address

NOTES:

I was just introduced to bitcoins a few weeks ago.  I was using the bitcoin-qt application on Windows 7.  But I was getting tired of switching to Windows 7 just to check the balance, plus the wait time for bitcoin-qt to re-sync with the blockchain info was frustrating, especially after not using Windows 7 for a few days.  (I didn't install bitcoind on Ubuntu, because the blockchain db is eating up space under Windows 7, and I didn't want a duplicate eating up space for Ubuntu - ie shared HD).

I tried the pre-built Electrum deb install package for amd 64 client via the website.  Well the installer dependencies are sort of wacky, and I had to manually apt-get python-twisted and "fix" the install.  After which it ran, at first it wasn't connecting to a stratum(sp?) server...then I read the forums and switched from to port 50001, then it connected.  

But then, I tried importing some keys from another wallet, and I got a "Error: keypair import failed:" with a blank reason.  Well, gosh the blank reason was weird.  Browsing git did not give me any clues.  So, I tried a few more keys, and got the same error...I gave up and downloaded the source, fired up vi added an import pdb & pdb.set_trace() call to look into things....2 hours later I figured out that the ecdsa crypto in wallet.py fairly old, and does not support compressed keys...3 hours later, I gave up on trying to update wallet.py, and just uncompressed the keys before importing them.  However, even after successfully importing the keys, the balance never updated...

I would post this to the Electrum development forum, but I don't have that right(at least for now).

Hmm.. Care to share how you actually 'uncompressed' those keys? I didn't know it was even possible.

For general info see http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CAPg%2BsBhDFCjAn1tRRQhaudtqwsh4vcVbxzm%2BAA2OuFxN71fwUA%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=bitcoin-development

By the way, I figured out why Electrum doesn't update the balance on these imported but uncompressed public keys...Its searching for the uncompressed public key, not the compressed public  key; the key actually used in the transaction - which is a unique and different address per the bitcoin folks'

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28428010

[solidsnake66]

Windows XP Professional on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
https://i.imgur.com/itOID.png

[JompinDox]

500 satoshis sent to ZenInTexas!
Solidsnake66, please post or PM an address so I can send you some satoshis too!

[Adir]

https://i.imgur.com/x3yai.jpg
Windows 7 Pro, Intel E6550, doesn't seems to download the blockchain =\
address: 1HprdL1oTsAWJUuuWhWS6NXgVvonm1uggh

thanks.

[flatfly]

Windows 7 Pro, Intel E6550, doesn't seems to download the blockchain =\
address: 1HprdL1oTsAWJUuuWhWS6NXgVvonm1uggh

thanks.

For my info, do you remember what server you selected when you first started Electrum?

Could you try to delete or rename the empty wallet file (electrum.dat in your Application Data\Electrum directory) and launch Electrum again?

[JompinDox]

Windows 7 Pro, Intel E6550, doesn't seems to download the blockchain =\
address: 1HprdL1oTsAWJUuuWhWS6NXgVvonm1uggh

thanks.

500 satoshis sent!

[keewee]

Installation went smoothly. Icons along the bottom seem greyed out? Not obvious that they are clickable

1Boujfn2VZjjLC65Dx5ZSRxmf9JqmUW3F7

[drekk]

Even though the OP says the promo is suspended, I wanted to check it out. So I've grabbed the latest Windows binary from Flatfly and installed it on my Win7 Pro Netbook.



First impressions

It's nice to see the client fire up pretty fast. For the sake of playing around I've created a new wallet. The setup process is pretty easy and well explained, but should give more advise on how to create a secure password.

The GUI is clean and simple. Guess that's one important factor if you're targeting newbies and/or casual users. I need to put some BTC in that new wallet first, though, to see how Electrum works out when actually used.

Good job!
drekk

[JompinDox]

Installation went smoothly. Icons along the bottom seem greyed out? Not obvious that they are clickable

1Boujfn2VZjjLC65Dx5ZSRxmf9JqmUW3F7

700 satoshis sent!

[JompinDox]

Even though the OP says the promo is suspended, I wanted to check it out. So I've grabbed the latest Windows binary from Flatfly and installed it on my Win7 Pro Netbook.



First impressions

It's nice to see the client fire up pretty fast. For the sake of playing around I've created a new wallet. The setup process is pretty easy and well explained, but should give more advise on how to create a secure password.

The GUI is clean and simple. Guess that's one important factor if you're targeting newbies and/or casual users. I need to put some BTC in that new wallet first, though, to see how Electrum works out when actually used.

Good job!
drekk

Nice review! Post or PM your address to get 700 satoshis

[MichelX]

i like Electrum too but it does not have a way of managing more than one wallet

[JompinDox]

i like Electrum too but it does not have a way of managing more than one wallet

Actually, it *is* possible to use multiple wallets but you have to use the -w command line parameter (and there are plans to make this much more intuitive in the near future).

So, on Windows for instance, you could create 2 different shortcuts on your desktop, configured as follows:

 shortcut 1: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\pack_kit\elec101e.exe" -w c:\SomeFolder\wallet1.dat          

 shortcut 2: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\pack_kit\elec101e.exe" -w c:\SomeFolder\wallet2.dat
 

[Rockey75]

Hoping this works....

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/8462/eleb.png

Not sure if bb code or not O.o

May have had issues, It complained about not finding a wallet file, I ignored it. Hopefully doesn't mess up my regular BC wallet


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor 3800+ 2.00GHz
2.5GB RAM


1LdjmcBcT3DHzLdtbY9Strt22pBJDfqGrz

Wallet says out of sync, if anyone would care to explain that, It'd be lovely

[c4n10]

Just downloaded and installed. So far it works great for me:



Immediate loading with no blockchain download, all the functionality of a regular wallet plus has the brainwallet feature which is AWESOME...

I am on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1...






Addresses in signature

[firstlady0524]

Does this actually pay?

[c4n10]

Does this actually pay?

Not sure, I will come back to this thread and confirm if I get paid...

[JompinDox]

Rockey75: 700 satoshis sent (even though you've just registered today)!
C4n10: 700 satoshis sent!

[c4n10]

Rockey75: 700 satoshis sent (even though you've just registered today)!
C4n10: 700 satoshis sent!

Received! Thank you!!!