ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS

[Book672]

Hi guys, i store a big stash of bitcoins that i earned from altcoin trading, on Tails.

I noticed that Electrum uses urandom function of the linux package.

But TAILS is having a problem with that:

https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7642
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6116


Is it safe to use ELECTRUM in TAILS?

[torusJKL]

From what I can read in this github comment Tails fixes the entropy problem by using haveged

So you should be ok.

[Seller888]

From what I can read in this github comment Tails fixes the entropy problem by using haveged

So you should be ok.

No its, not because it uses the same seed every time.

I`m also concerned about this ,especially in weakened hardware processors.

[BitcoinNewsMagazine]

Hi guys, i store a big stash of bitcoins that i earned from altcoin trading, on Tails.

I noticed that Electrum uses urandom function of the linux package.

But TAILS is having a problem with that:

https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7642
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6116


Is it safe to use ELECTRUM in TAILS?

If you are concerned just move the bitcoin to a good hardware wallet like Trezor.

[shawnhcorey]

`/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom` are the best sources of entropy on a PC. Any other technique can only match them or do worst.