I'm new to Electrum and in the past only made use of online exchanges for keeping my coins.
I have now installed Electrum yesterday, first by following the instructions on the Electrum website (
https://electrum.org/#download) but unfortunately it does not include how to run Electrum, and then using the Getdeb repository which had Electrum 2.8.3-1~getdeb1 in any case. The Getdeb repository (Xenial
archive.getdeb.net) installed a link under Internet in the menu, thus it was idiot-proof
Now it works perfectly! Receiving funds and making payments without a hitch. However, while Electrum is open, my hard drive is continuously busy. The activity stops immediately when I close Electrum.
The Electrum running is Electrum 2.9, which is a bit strange as I installed 2.8.3-1~getdeb1 last using the Getdeb repository.
I have the latest Linux Mint 18.2 with all the fix packs installed up to level 3.
The PC is an x79 based 3820, with 512GB SSD as the primary drive and 64GB ram. (thus swapping is unlikely and was confirmed as 0 in the monitor)
I don't see any suspicious process activity using the system monitor, nothing is mentioned in the Electrum documentation or in this forum that I could find and Google did not indicate anything either.
Some questions now to eliminate the possibility that the Electrum has been compromised,
- Is it normal for Electrum to perform continuous hard drive operations?
- What is Electrum doing on my drive?
- Can this excessive hard drive activity be controlled at all using a user selectable switch in the GUI of Electrum?
Thanks