[REQUESTS] Minimal Electrum builds for Windows

[finway]

I should try this someday.

[flatfly]

MinimalB, I believe that the wallet file might need to be re-created.
Can you try to rename it and let me know if it solves the startup problem?

[minimalB]

I didn't even think that the wallet file might be a problem.
Thanks, it works!

[ThomasV]

MinimalB, I believe that the wallet file might need to be re-created.
Can you try to rename it and let me know if it solves the startup problem?

why does it need to be re-created? did you change/add something to the wallet file in the windows version?

[flatfly]

Nope, it's just that I encountered the same issue as minimalB a few hours earlier
and could solve it that way. I didn't investigate much further.
 

[ThomasV]

Nope, it's just that I encountered the same issue as minimalB a few hours earlier
and could solve it that way. I didn't investigate much further.
 

this is strange...

[flatfly]

Another issue I'm having with 0.43 is that I seem to be unable to send any payments. The client freezes the moment I press Send and I have to kill the process. I am doing more testing.

[ThomasV]

Another issue I'm having with 0.43 is that I seem to be unable to send any payments. The client freezes the moment I press Send and I have to kill the process. I am doing more testing.

oh I see the problem. sorry about that, I should have tested more. I will try to fix this right now.

[flatfly]

Great, thanks. I will be back online a few hours from now.

[ThomasV]

Another issue I'm having with 0.43 is that I seem to be unable to send any payments. The client freezes the moment I press Send and I have to kill the process. I am doing more testing.

oh I see the problem. sorry about that, I should have tested more. I will try to fix this right now.

ok, this is a critical bug, so I released a correction immediately, see version 0.43a
thanks for the report, and sorry for the bug.

[flatfly]

Thanks, posted 0.43a stand-alone build for Windows.

[minimalB]

Hey,

0.43a is still not working for me with my existing wallet.dat file.

[ThomasV]

Hey,

0.43a is still not working for me with my existing wallet.dat file.

did you try 0.43b? (see the main thread)

[flatfly]

I've also just updated my build to 0.43b. See top post. Hope it solves your issue.

[minimalB]

0.43b works with existing wallet, thanks. Restore also works great now.

@ThomasV: I'd like to ask if this is normal behaviour or a bug: If i restore, i get full contact list. BUT in case i have older wallet.dat file (with several missing transactions, because i have created them with another instance of electrum on another computer), transactions are synchronized, but contacts stay unchanged.

[ThomasV]

0.43b works with existing wallet, thanks. Restore also works great now.

@ThomasV: I'd like to ask if this is normal behaviour or a bug: If i restore, i get full contact list. BUT in case i have older wallet.dat file (with several missing transactions, because i have created them with another instance of electrum on another computer), transactions are synchronized, but contacts stay unchanged.

normally the "restore from seed" procedure adds to your contacts all the addresses to which you sent coins.
I think that this was not properly working with version 0.42, this is why you might be missing some.

[minimalB]

Yes, restore works fine.

What i am asking is this: Should I also automatically get all the new send addresses inside "contacts" field when synchronizing with "less-than-up-to-date" wallet.dat file (for example... my portable electrum on usb stick)?

Thanks

[ThomasV]

Yes, restore works fine.

What i am asking is this: Should I also automatically get all the new send addresses inside "contacts" field when synchronizing with "less-than-up-to-date" wallet.dat file (for example... my portable electrum on usb stick)?

Thanks

yes I you should get them during 'restore'.
but if your wallet was synchronized by an older version that did not restore all the contacts, I think that the missing contacts will not be restored by the current version.

[flatfly]

I personally liked previous fonts more.

Thanks for your efforts, flatfly!

Hi minimalB, would you like the below font better?

Personally, I find it easy to read and better looking than Lucida Console...

[minimalB]

Bring it on! I like it... easy to read and I like the fact that small and CAPITAL letters are really easy to distinguish.

If there is a vote... I would vote for this one!

Cheers!