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Topic: List of currencies Electrum handles (Read 170 times)

legendary
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Merit: 2481
August 29, 2018, 03:25:22 AM
#4
Is there a List of currencies Electrum handles somewhere please?
I've had a look in the docs. Searched here. TBS i would have thought there would be a sticky ....
Sorry if i've not looked hard enough ...

It is extremely important to note that the (only) official electrum is a BTC wallet. And the only official URL is https://electrum.org/.
Since electrum is open source (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum), a lot of people forked the code and modified it to support different currencies.

However, this forks should NOT be regarded as safe. Without code reviewing/auditing, bad surprises may happen.
This does not mean that all forks are malicious. But there are malicious / buggy forks around under the name 'electrum'.
legendary
Activity: 1042
Merit: 2805
Bitcoin and C♯ Enthusiast
August 28, 2018, 10:27:17 PM
#3
The list contains only 1 currency and that is bitcoin.

There are however forks of Electrum with different names that each handle a different altcoin. See this topic: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-many-forks-of-electrum-wallets-are-there-btc-ltc-btg-bch-dash-4487291
staff
Activity: 3500
Merit: 6152
August 28, 2018, 09:48:04 AM
#2
Electrum is open source and that's why you see Electrum software for altcoins. ThomasV (main developer) is not related to them so you won't see any stickies or docs in electrum official website.

I believe we have Electrum for bitcoin diamond, Electrum LTC, Electrum Dash, Electron Cash (BCH) and Electrum pivx.
newbie
Activity: 3
Merit: 0
August 28, 2018, 07:43:43 AM
#1
Is there a List of currencies Electrum handles somewhere please?
I've had a look in the docs. Searched here. TBS i would have thought there would be a sticky ....
Sorry if i've not looked hard enough ...
p.s.
Especially looking for wallet for ETC, maybe ..
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