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jackg

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https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Quote from: ziggy2 on October 19, 2017, 08:52:03 AM

Thank you for your reply. [to moderator: sorry for choosing the wrong forum section and thanks for moving my post to the rigth place]

I'm using Electrum 2.8.1.
It would seem safer to me to be asked for a password as soon as you open Electrum, since if not, lots of information, history details, number of BTC owned, are available even if you don't make a transaction.

You should be protecting this information anyway. And if the same password is used for both opening and sending the btc I think personally that that is less secure as your password is exposed more.
Also, you may want to consider updating your wallet software to the latest version.

And then NeuroticFish is probably right.

NeuroticFish

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From what I remember, older versions of Electrum used to ask for password only on Bitcoin transactions and only if you've set that.
Newer Electrum, by default, password protects all the access from the beginning, but you can uncheck it when you create a new wallet and pay attention to the steps.
I think that this is where the differences in behavior come up and the confusion too. I guess that default wallet is made with older Electrum, so it needs password only for transactions. The new one (2), because of the new defaults, asks for password even for access. Wallet 2 is safer.

ziggy2

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Thank you for your reply. [to moderator: sorry for choosing the wrong forum section and thanks for moving my post to the rigth place]

I'm using Electrum 2.8.1.
It would seem safer to me to be asked for a password as soon as you open Electrum, since if not, lots of information, history details, number of BTC owned, are available even if you don't make a transaction.

jackg

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https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Quote from: ziggy2 on October 19, 2017, 07:40:45 AM

Hello,

I am using Electrum for BTC, and Electron cash for BCH, after following the advice taken on this forum. Now I have two Electrum wallets : one "default", and another that I created to manage the BCH fork - lets' call it wallet-2. I am a bit confused with the password managment.

When I open Electrum, I can access the default wallet (almost empty) without entering my pw. A pw is only requested to open wallet-2 (containing my BTC). Is this normal ? Thank you.

If it's electrum you're talking about, I think there's a problem with a wallet? Mine doesn't ask for a password unless I want to sign a transaction. What is the OS and the version of electrum?

ziggy2

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Hello,

I am using Electrum for BTC, and Electron cash for BCH, after following the advice taken on this forum. Now I have two Electrum wallets : one "default", and another that I created to manage the BCH fork - lets' call it wallet-2. I am a bit confused with the password managment.

When I open Electrum, I can access the default wallet (almost empty) without entering my pw. A pw is only requested to open wallet-2 (containing my BTC). Is this normal ? Thank you.

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