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I think Cointracker is a good alternative for blockonomics wallet-watcher?
They have a feature to push email notifications when you receive Bitcoin from your wallet.

I just found it from here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/using-cointrackerio-btccrypto-public-addresses-options-limited-any-better-5176693 and it supports multiple coins.

Take note email notification is enabled by default on their settings. So every time there are transactions receive or created it will notify you directly to your email that you registered.

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Quote from: Maus0728 on December 30, 2020, 12:13:21 PM

So my only option is to use the wallet watcher from blockonomics? I assume that's the safest way to get notified? isn't it?

Define "safe".

What is your concern? Losing coins is not possible.
Do you rely on getting a notification as soon as possible? Are you allowed to receive it later? Or to not receive it at all?

Is there a specific reason you want to use only electrum?
With linux a relatively short script which connects to electrum via the RPC interface and uses mail or sendmail could be your solution. But there might be better (and easier) solutions to what you need depending on your definition of "safe".

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If you want to watch a couple of addresses, then I don't think you'll find a better alternative: https://cryptocurrencyalerting.com/wallet-watch.html

But if you want to keep an eye on the whole wallet, then going with the suggestion above would be better. Bluewallet watch-only feature is great: https://bluewallet.io/watch-only/

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There are tons of wallets in the Google App Store (and the Apple store too, I bet) that have notification functions. Look for one that will allow you to import xpub, ypub, and zpub master public keys. One that I've used before and know will send notifications is Crypto Watch Wallet.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codit.cryptowatchwallet

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Quote from: Maus0728 on December 30, 2020, 12:13:21 PM

Quote from: jackg on December 30, 2020, 11:40:49 AM

I think a lot of Web wallets and payment processors like blockchain.com have a watching only feature for stuff like this.

So my only option is to use the wallet watcher from blockonomics? I assume that's the safest way to get notified? isn't it?

You can use any wev wallet with a watching only function? But you'd still have to use a Web wallet.. I'm confused as you quoted the example I gave and mentioned your original?

If you did end up using an online version I'd suggest using a vpn or tor to set up and access the online account (for privacy purposes).

And use an email address generated (as apposed to using something like a phone number with an email extension - since it's easy to identify who you are).

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Quote from: Maus0728 on December 30, 2020, 12:13:21 PM

So my only option is to use the wallet watcher from blockonomics? I assume that's the safest way to get notified? isn't it?

What's your reason for needing the notification?

The simplest way is to write a script to query the blockexplorer's API to notify when your TXes gets X confirmations. It would also negate the need to leak your email address to a third party, you can run it over a proxy as well.

Quote from: Maus0728 on December 30, 2020, 12:13:21 PM

I haven't heard of the term RPC? Any recommend reading materials just for familiarization?

https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/jsonrpc.html

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Quote from: jackg on December 30, 2020, 11:40:49 AM

I think a lot of Web wallets and payment processors like blockchain.com have a watching only feature for stuff like this.

So my only option is to use the wallet watcher from blockonomics? I assume that's the safest way to get notified? isn't it?

Quote from: jackg on December 30, 2020, 11:40:49 AM

You might be able it edit the source code though to get it to notify you of a new transaction being created.

Nope

. Still not confident with my coding skills.

Quote from: ranochigo on December 30, 2020, 11:51:22 AM

There's no built in notification plugin that sends Email but I reckon it wouldn't be difficult to make one since they have a nice RPC interface to use. You can probably monitor specific addresses for new transactions and get transaction info after that, like a combination of get_tx_status and notify.

I haven't heard of the term RPC? Any recommend reading materials just for familiarization?

Edit: It is something similar to how command prompt works.

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Quote from: Maus0728 on December 30, 2020, 11:37:33 AM

I wonder if there are other alternatives aside from using the wallet watcher?

As an alternative to blockonomics, you can use Bitcoin-alerts.live.
You only need to enter your transaction hash and your email address. They will send you notifications for the first six confirmations.

For your privacy, I recommend you to not use your main email address.
Although they claim that they won't spam your email inbox for advertising and they won't sell your email address, there is no guarantee that they won't do so. Use it at your own risk.

They have a thread on the forum. But the OP is not active. (Visit the link below.)

Get notified when your Bitcoin transaction is confirmed

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There's no built in notification plugin that sends Email but I reckon it wouldn't be difficult to make one since they have a nice RPC interface to use. You can probably monitor specific addresses for new transactions and get transaction info after that, like a combination of get_tx_status and notify.

I wouldn't recommend you to do so though. It would mean that Electrum has to be running the whole time and I would just advice you to query the blockexplorer directly instead of going an extra hop through Electrum.

Quote from: jackg on December 30, 2020, 11:40:49 AM

I don't think you'd be able to do it with electrum itself since they closed rpc connections and you'd also have to leave your system running with any alternative.

Did they close it? I don't recall them doing so in the recent release but I might be wrong.

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

I think a lot of Web wallets and payment processors like blockchain.com have a watching only feature for stuff like this.

I don't think you'd be able to do it with electrum itself since they closed rpc connections and you'd also have to leave your system running with any alternative.

You might be able it edit the source code though to get it to notify you of a new transaction being created.

Maus0728

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Goodevening everyone,

Is there an option where Electrum can send a notification by email when a transaction has completed it's required number of confirmation or even just after reaching 1 confirmation and after you have received some bitcoin? Is it still possible? I've found some similar thread regarding this and others suggested that using [1] https://www.blockonomics.co/views/wallet-watcher.html is capable for this job. I wonder if there are other alternatives aside from using the wallet watcher? Or maybe other workaround using only Electrum itself?

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