Electrum 1.9.8 released

[bsom]

Daemon mode is broken under Windows.  Os.fork() cannot be used as it is not platform independent - it's a Linux-only function AFAIK.

Yeah, this is a major bummer.  I was hoping to call some Electrum functions from Python, but some of them use 'fork'.  Isn't there another way?!? 

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[Polyatomic]

My OS = Ubuntu 13.1 : How do I upgrade from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8 ?. Just thought I would ask here before I start ginning around.

[Abdussamad]

My OS = Ubuntu 13.1 : How do I upgrade from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8 ?. Just thought I would ask here before I start ginning around.

As root:

Set version:

Code:

ELECTRUM_VERSION='1.9.8'

Download:

Code:

wget https://download.electrum.org/Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz  #software
wget https://download.electrum.org/Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz.asc #sig
wget https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/raw/master/pubkeys/ThomasV.asc #dev's gpg key

Verify signatures:

Code:

gpg --import ThomasV.asc #you only import once
gpg --verify Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz.asc #verify everytime

It will output something like the following:

gpg: Signature made <date time> using RSA key ID 7F9470E6
gpg: Good signature from "ThomasV <thomasv1  gmx  de>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 6694 D8DE 7BE8 EE56 31BE  D950 2BD5 824B 7F94 70E6

As long as it says good signature you can ignore the warning and proceed to installation.

Install or update:

Code:

pip install Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz

BTW I can see why you would use software called Electrum

[Polyatomic]

My OS = Ubuntu 13.1 : How do I upgrade from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8 ?. Just thought I would ask here before I start ginning around.

As root:

Set version:

Code:

ELECTRUM_VERSION='1.9.8'

Download:

Code:

wget https://download.electrum.org/Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz  #software
wget https://download.electrum.org/Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz.asc #sig
wget https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/raw/master/pubkeys/ThomasV.asc #dev's gpg key

Verify signatures:

Code:

gpg --import ThomasV.asc #you only import once
gpg --verify Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz.asc #verify everytime

It will output something like the following:

gpg: Signature made <date time> using RSA key ID 7F9470E6
gpg: Good signature from "ThomasV <thomasv1  gmx  de>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 6694 D8DE 7BE8 EE56 31BE  D950 2BD5 824B 7F94 70E6

As long as it says good signature you can ignore the warning and proceed to installation.

Install or update:

Code:

pip install Electrum-$ELECTRUM_VERSION.tar.gz

BTW I can see why you would use software called Electrum

Cheers man. o/

[wanellane]

Nice to hear about new ver of my favorite wallet !)

[Swood6]

I myself cannot open Electrum wallet. It crashes every single time.

I am using:

 - Macbook with MAC OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

 - Electrum 1.9.8

Does this really did not happen to a lot of people? why could this be happening?

I want to send all my BTC from the Multibit wallet to Electrum due to the bug scandal regarding lost funds when you receive the change.

Thanks in advance!

[Tachikoma]

Please run the following command and let me know what it returns.

Code:

/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/Electrum --verbose

[franl]

I am happy to announce the release of Electrum 1.9.8.

Are any changes required to address the recent Heartbleed OpenSSL bug?
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franl

[ThomasV]

I am happy to announce the release of Electrum 1.9.8.

Are any changes required to address the recent Heartbleed OpenSSL bug?
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franl

see here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=562263.msg6143561#msg6143561

[Swood6]

Please run the following command and let me know what it returns.

Code:

/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/Electrum --verbose

it gives back:

"Illegal instruction"

[rkinnin]

I have only used Bitcoin Core since I started mining this past March.

I am willing to try another wallet program.  How can I get the wallet info from Bitcoin Core to your program?