Electrum 2.0 beta version

[japerry]

What exactly is the Encrypt/Decrypt message function and how is it supposed to work? I've played with it but I can't seem to get it to do anything.

You can encrypt a message with the private key of an address in your wallet

Thanks for the answer but what is the purpose of doing so?

It works like PGP. I hope you're familiar with it. If someone want to send you a message and he thinks others will somehow see it, he can encrypt it with your public key. So only you can decrypt the message and see it as you have the private key of the address. Two additional features to signing and verifying messages. I hope you understand!

   -MZ

Got it! Thanks! I've been using PGP since it's inception so I'm well familiar with it. Hence my interest in this feature.

[oda.krell]

Can I have a brief advice on what I should expect if I start using the beta?
 
As in: can I use it for my "main" wallet, or would that be a security risk I rather shouldn't take?

[MadGamer]

Is there is any changelog page ? I would like to see what are the Upcoming changes , would be nice to see more features on this wallet

[japerry]

Is there any news on the status of the beta? It's looking good here except the proxy part isn't working. Is this the best place to report bugs/errors or is there a better place to report errors?

UPDATE!! I see a new beta was posted yesterday! I'm getting ready to look at it now.

[japerry]

I tried installing the new beta and I get the following error(s):

C:\Users\xxxxxxxxx\Desktop\Electrum-2.0b3>python setup.py sdist
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 5, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup
ImportError: No module named setuptools

[Muhammed Zakir]

I tried installing the new beta and I get the following error(s):

C:\Users\xxxxxxxxx\Desktop\Electrum-2.0b3>python setup.py sdist
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 5, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup
ImportError: No module named setuptools

You haven't installed setuptools. Use ez_setup.py(recommended) : http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/#egg=setuptools-dev06 , alternatively, you can try windows installers : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c11#downloads.

   -MZ

[japerry]

I tried installing the new beta and I get the following error(s):

C:\Users\xxxxxxxxx\Desktop\Electrum-2.0b3>python setup.py sdist
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 5, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup
ImportError: No module named setuptools

You haven't installed setuptools. Use ez_setup.py(recommended) : http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/#egg=setuptools-dev06 , alternatively, you can try windows installers : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c11#downloads.

   -MZ

Thanks! I'll give it a shot. This is my first time to try Electrum without a Windows installer

[japerry]

Awesome! Just when I was going to go back and re-download the new .zip file, I see there is a new Windows executable! Yay!! Now all we need is a changelog so we can see what was done! (hint hint)

[Mitchell]

you need to create a special wallet, that will contain only imported keys.
see https://electrum.orain.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_import_addresses_from_other_Bitcoin_clients.3F

Could you guys explain the reasoning behind this and is their anyway around it? I have some imported addresses that are important to me, so I'm going to stick with 1.9.8 for now, I guess.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Awesome! Just when I was going to go back and re-download the new .zip file, I see there is a new Windows executable! Yay!! Now all we need is a changelog so we can see what was done! (hint hint)

That's good news! Were you successful in installing setup tools and Electrum?

Tip: If you find line like ImportError: No module named setuptools. Copy the last word and search in Google, i.e., setuptools python.

   -MZ

[japerry]

Here are some notes from my preliminary tests on the new beta.

There is still an error on start up with the C Runtime Library loading correctly:



Additionally when I try to set up a proxy so that Electrum runs through TOR using "localhost" and port 9050 I get the following recursive error. Please note that TOR is working perfectly with all other applications.



I'm running Windows 7 Premium Home Edition.

[MadGamer]

Could anyone please answer my question that I posted above
Thank you . any answer is appreciated a lot

Is there is any changelog page ? I would like to see what are the Upcoming changes , would be nice to see more features on this wallet

[ThomasV]

Could anyone please answer my question that I posted above
Thank you . any answer is appreciated a lot

Is there is any changelog page ? I would like to see what are the Upcoming changes , would be nice to see more features on this wallet

see https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

[Tachikoma]

Here are some notes from my preliminary tests on the new beta.

There is still an error on start up with the C Runtime Library loading correctly:

Any other output? Does the terminal window open at all? Kinda hard to debug this error without more output.

[japerry]

Any other output? Does the terminal window open at all? Kinda hard to debug this error without more output.

Yes. The terminal window opens up fine. Everything runs. I just get this error on startup. Sorry I wasn't more clear.

[rgenito]

Will 2.0 support BIP39 ?

And does anyone here know the deterministic path for electrum? Before looking at the code, I'm just gunna guess it's m/0'/0/0 or something similar

[tl121]

Here are some notes from my preliminary tests on the new beta.

There is still an error on start up with the C Runtime Library loading correctly:

Any other output? Does the terminal window open at all? Kinda hard to debug this error without more output.

If this error window pops up, clicking in the error window will dismiss it and electrum will run OK. This can happen with Windows 7 or 8.1. If msvcr90.dll is in the electrum directory (or on the user's path) certain versions will cause an error when running the beta. I could find no rime or reason for which versions worked and which ones gave the warning.  I have more than two dozen versions of this .dll on my system and some work and some do not. It does not seem to correlate to the program version number, file size or file modification date.

[ThomasV]

Thanks to all beta testers! Electrum 2.0 will be released this week. Expect us.

[Tafelpoot]

Congrats Thomas, looking forward!
It hurt a bit to see bip39 got kicked, however I fully agree it is the best way to go.
I got some other projects occupying me atm, but I'll be back soon (2 weeks ) to help with kivy!

[jackbox]

Thanks to all beta testers! Electrum 2.0 will be released this week. Expect us.

Will it support Trezor? Beta 2.0b3 seems to have Trezor hardware wallet support removed.