you don't need to copy paste what you have already said on github here too. and it is already answered there by ecdsa https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/8b194cd409a1a79e616578a5eaf91cba68b36dab#commitcomment-23752528
and i think he is pointing to this commit: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/c6e09a60388325050410101e78fb72f43aaa525b
Topic: Terrible decision by Electrum Devs to remove Bip39 Checksum (Read 327 times)
legendary
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Core dev leaves me neg feedback #abuse #political
The latest codebase does not enforce bip39 checksum. I think this is a really bad decision.
What this means:
If you import a seed from another wallet like jaxx, Electrum used to not let you import
it unless it was a valid bip39 seed. Now, they simply give you a warning.
That means people can think they are importing the right seed and get different
addresses. Really bad, someone is going to lose money. I strongly recommend
going back to the old way.
They have their reasons for this but i dont agree.
What this means:
If you import a seed from another wallet like jaxx, Electrum used to not let you import
it unless it was a valid bip39 seed. Now, they simply give you a warning.
That means people can think they are importing the right seed and get different
addresses. Really bad, someone is going to lose money. I strongly recommend
going back to the old way.
They have their reasons for this but i dont agree.
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