Topic: Electrum - Bitcoin client for the common users (friendly and instant) - page 16. (Read 110104 times)
April 03, 2013, 01:58:11 AM
Thomas - has anyone drawn your attention to the fact that Electrum is re-using change addresses in the latest release. It keeps creating new ones but seems to re-use the same one (until restarted I think). Hence several change addresses have no transactions, and several have more than one.
April 03, 2013, 01:54:08 AM
Does this thing can install and run from USB drive?
I know while running regular bitcoin client, it hours to download blockchain or something, is this the same with electrum?
I know while running regular bitcoin client, it hours to download blockchain or something, is this the same with electrum?
April 03, 2013, 01:12:09 AM
Just how safe is Electrum? I carry over 100+ coins, I'm scared I might be a sitting duck here.
April 01, 2013, 05:05:54 PM
Thanks! That worked...
April 01, 2013, 05:12:37 AM
I keep getting the following error and transactions now are out-of-sync. I notice this started happening after an "error: status mismatch" with one of my addresses.
Code:
me@myhost:~/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2$ ./electrum
Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/home/me/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2/lib/verifier.py", line 129, in run
if self.verify_header(header):
File "/home/me/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2/lib/verifier.py", line 256, in verify_header
tx_height, timestamp = item
ValueError: too many values to unpack
thanks for the report; indeed that was a bug, introduced by me recently.
I fixed it in git.(commit dd630a8bb7d482cb83cc875f74baa7d6d2855ce1)
April 01, 2013, 04:32:08 AM
I keep getting the following error and transactions now are out-of-sync. I notice this started happening after an "error: status mismatch" with one of my addresses.
Code:
me@myhost:~/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2$ ./electrum
Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/home/me/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2/lib/verifier.py", line 129, in run
if self.verify_header(header):
File "/home/me/local/src/Electrum-1.7.2/lib/verifier.py", line 256, in verify_header
tx_height, timestamp = item
ValueError: too many values to unpack
March 31, 2013, 06:27:29 PM
I have a problem with the languages. I use the portable windows version with the param -w "./electrum.dat". It works fine, no other files are created outside. But the lang is always english. I already set it to other languages, restartet it and changed it back and forth but it remains always english. Cant change this. I think it has something to do with electrum.dat because i use it since old versions, but i dont know how i can change it without creating it from blockchain and having to input all labels again.
Try this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1490092
To get translations working on Windows, users can download the .zip file from http://electrum.org/download.html to extract the 'locale' folder and copy it to 'C:\Program Files\Electrum' (if you used the Windows Installer) or simply place the 'locale' folder in the same location as the Standalone Executable version of Electrum.
March 31, 2013, 05:31:54 PM
I have a problem with the languages. I use the portable windows version with the param -w "./electrum.dat". It works fine, no other files are created outside. But the lang is always english. I already set it to other languages, restartet it and changed it back and forth but it remains always english. Cant change this. I think it has something to do with electrum.dat because i use it since old versions, but i dont know how i can change it without creating it from blockchain and having to input all labels again.
March 27, 2013, 11:55:40 PM
I would like to know... the change addresses... will they be deleted at some point if they were used already? I only ask when sending btc from a change address and getting chargeback or dividends to that address.
Addresses are never deleted.Hi Thomas not sure if this has been already covered. Is there a known issue with unconfirmed tx? Mine has been over two hours know, each tx had at least .001 fee. I have also tried all the servers but still no joy? Has been a problem since upgrading to 1.7.2.
Cheers
Cheers
Thats normal sometimes. Simply wait some time longer. I had to wait today for a big transaction with fee around 7 hours.
Wow that sucks! Thanks for the response...
March 27, 2013, 06:01:18 PM
Hi Thomas not sure if this has been already covered. Is there a known issue with unconfirmed tx? Mine has been over two hours know, each tx had at least .001 fee. I have also tried all the servers but still no joy? Has been a problem since upgrading to 1.7.2.
Cheers
Cheers
Thats normal sometimes. Simply wait some time longer. I had to wait today for a big transaction with fee around 7 hours.
Wow that sucks! Thanks for the response...
March 27, 2013, 05:47:04 PM
I would like to know... the change addresses... will they be deleted at some point if they were used already? I only ask when sending btc from a change address and getting chargeback or dividends to that address.
March 27, 2013, 05:44:37 PM
Hi Thomas not sure if this has been already covered. Is there a known issue with unconfirmed tx? Mine has been over two hours know, each tx had at least .001 fee. I have also tried all the servers but still no joy? Has been a problem since upgrading to 1.7.2.
Cheers
Cheers
Thats normal sometimes. Simply wait some time longer. I had to wait today for a big transaction with fee around 7 hours.
March 27, 2013, 05:19:26 PM
Hi Thomas not sure if this has been already covered. Is there a known issue with unconfirmed tx? Mine has been over two hours know, each tx had at least .001 fee. I have also tried all the servers but still no joy? Has been a problem since upgrading to 1.7.2.
Cheers
Cheers
March 27, 2013, 06:57:52 AM
Your wallet is "in the cloud", and that cloud is the Bitcoin blockchain!
To my knowledge no private keys are stored in the Bitcoin blockchain and my private keys are stored in the wallet.dat file when using the regular client. Here the private keys are stored on a 'seed server', though locked with a strong passphrase?No, your private keys are not stored at all.
Your private keys are derived from your seed when you type your password, for example to sign a transaction. But they are not stored (except imported keys).
Your seed is not stored on a server; it is stored on your hard disk, and only there.
March 27, 2013, 06:55:24 AM
This is quoted from post #1:
Your wallet is "in the cloud", and that cloud is the Bitcoin blockchain!
To my knowledge no private keys are stored in the Bitcoin blockchain and my private keys are stored in the wallet.dat file when using the regular client. Here the private keys are stored on a 'seed server', though locked with a strong passphrase?That's not the smartest way to phrase it, we should change the opening post. No private information is stored on any of the servers and your keys can always be generated offline.
March 27, 2013, 06:50:48 AM
This is quoted from post #1:
Your wallet is "in the cloud", and that cloud is the Bitcoin blockchain!
To my knowledge no private keys are stored in the Bitcoin blockchain and my private keys are stored in the wallet.dat file when using the regular client. Here the private keys are stored on a 'seed server', though locked with a strong passphrase? March 25, 2013, 07:47:11 PM
I didnt check to "randomly try servers if disconnected" because i want the connection encrypted. But i think i now found a case with a non working server or a server that isnt available somehow.
I tried to send bitcoins with electrum 1.7.2 portable through SSL. Everytime i tried i got the errormessage: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/ahabh5ut/1.jpg
The list with the servers was strange too because when i chose a server then the connectiontype was grayed out always. And all servers were shown as F. I had to chose another server and click ok to connect normally. Then after it connected some seconds later i could use SSL, the serverlist was ok and the transaction went through.
Im not sure what the problem was exactly but if the server was offline or something a message about that would be good. But maybe it was something different.
Edit: I was unsure if change addresses are stable because i only had money in a change address anymore and i wanted to invest something. But i would have gotten the dividends back to that address so i wasnt sure it such an address will vanish at some point if its empty or not. So i first transferred the bitcoins to a real address before investing. How is it with the change addresses?
I didnt find the changelog yet on download or project page yet. I wanted to check if this topic is covered. Where is it?
I tried to send bitcoins with electrum 1.7.2 portable through SSL. Everytime i tried i got the errormessage: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/ahabh5ut/1.jpg
The list with the servers was strange too because when i chose a server then the connectiontype was grayed out always. And all servers were shown as F. I had to chose another server and click ok to connect normally. Then after it connected some seconds later i could use SSL, the serverlist was ok and the transaction went through.
Im not sure what the problem was exactly but if the server was offline or something a message about that would be good. But maybe it was something different.
Edit: I was unsure if change addresses are stable because i only had money in a change address anymore and i wanted to invest something. But i would have gotten the dividends back to that address so i wasnt sure it such an address will vanish at some point if its empty or not. So i first transferred the bitcoins to a real address before investing. How is it with the change addresses?
I didnt find the changelog yet on download or project page yet. I wanted to check if this topic is covered. Where is it?
March 25, 2013, 10:32:24 AM
I would like to suggest an auto-updater for the currency conversion. I always restart my wallet to see how much Money i have now. It would be easier if this updates automatically.
March 24, 2013, 02:29:28 PM
some probles i mentioned earlier with transactions in history staying unconfirmed or in wrong order, are now solved. Perhaps the recent changes in verifier.py did the trick?
March 24, 2013, 03:29:33 AM
Ok thanks.
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