electrum 3.3.8

[bmeyersbtc]

Just saw that this has been released, is it still in the test / beta stage or is it ready for use?

[Rath_]

Just saw that this has been released, is it still in the test / beta stage or is it ready for use?

This version was released on 11th July and it's not in beta. Download it from the official website and verify the installation file to make sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone.

[bitmover]

Just to add more information to the post above from bitcryptex, the official website is https://electrum.org

There are many fake websites,so be careful.

[pooya87]

Electrum doesn't release beta versions or pre-release or anything like that. everything they release (as a new version and a compiled binary) is the final and newest tested version ready to be used.
also usually versions that are not final like the release candidates,... have a different versioning system, they won't be called something like 3.3.8 instead it would be something like 3.3.8-rc1 but as i said Electrum doesn't do this.

[Dabs]

Is there a post somewhere why Electrum does not allow easy usage or creation of a wallet that uses Legacy compatible segwit addresses? The ones that start with 3, instead of bc1q.

It seems they want to force people to use the native segwit address format, and only have the old legacy non-segwit as an option (the ones that start with 1).

I figure there should be an option to use the addresses that start with 3, even if it was buried somewhere.

Currently I just use Core for that, because some people still use services or exchanges or wallets that don't understand the native segwit format, so yes, those are outdated services ...

[DireWolfM14]

bitcoinelectrum.com has an easy to follow method for creating a nested segwit wallet in Electrum, here's the link:
https://bitcoinelectrum.com/creating-a-p2sh-segwit-wallet-with-electrum/

You can follow the tutorial and create a new seed, or you can use one of your existing segwit seeds.  I'm not sure if you can use a legacy (bip39) seed or not, I've never tried.

There's also this tutorial here on the forum:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3237021.msg33714060#msg33714060

[Dabs]

bitcoinelectrum.com has an easy to follow method for creating a nested segwit wallet in Electrum, here's the link:
https://bitcoinelectrum.com/creating-a-p2sh-segwit-wallet-with-electrum/

You can follow the tutorial and create a new seed, or you can use one of your existing segwit seeds.  I'm not sure if you can use a legacy (bip39) seed or not, I've never tried.

There's also this tutorial here on the forum:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3237021.msg33714060#msg33714060

Awesome, thanks mate. I did manage to figure out something before your reply, something to do with generating those "Extended Private Keys" ... and ...

I get it now, it has to be BIP49 something...