Safe Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer.Forgiving Your funds can be recovered from a secret phrase.Instant On Electrum is fast, because it uses servers that index the Bitcoin blockchain.No Lock-In You can export your private keys and use them in other Bitcoin clients.No Downtimes Electrum servers are decentralized and redundant.Your wallet is never down.Proof Checking Electrum Wallet verifies all the transactions in your history using SPV.Cold Storage Keep your private keys offline, and go online with a watching-only wallet.Multisig Split the permission to spend your coins between several wallets.Add-ons Electrum supports third-party plugins: Multisig services, Hardware wallets, etc. Documentation Community Support IRC channel: #electrum channel on Freenode Report bugs, request features, help with development: electrum page on GitHub Localization: https://crowdin.net/project/electrum Forums As well as on Reddit Official announcements are made on Twitter Electrum Servers Server source code: ElectrumX (new, faster implementation) How to run your own Electrum server: Install Guide Servers list and status (Lists only Bitcoin Electrum servers) Statistics from Petrkr's server About Electrum Electrum was created by Thomas Voegtlin in November 2011.

Since then, various developers have contributed to its source code.Developers with Github write access Thomas Voegtlin [github] [gpg] Maran Hidskes [github] [gpg] Michael Wozniak [github] [pgp] EagleTM [github] Impressum This website is hosted by Electrum Technologies GmbH Electrum Technologies was founded by Thomas Voegtlin in 2013.Its mission is to develop, package and distribute Electrum software, and to provide services to Bitcoin users and businesses.Address Electrum Technologies GmbH Waldemarstr 37a 10999 Berlin - Germany DisclaimerLooking to capitalize on the surge of Bitcoin’s popularity, some mischievous pranksters from 4chan’s random image board are trying to convince Mac users to trash their computers.The hoax claims that Apple has included Bitcoin mining software on all Macs since 2009, but you just need to enter a simple terminal command to unlock it.Of course, there is no secret Bitcoin mining app hidden in OS X, so what does the terminal command sudo rm -rf/* in the picture actually do?

Oh, it just basically reformats your hard drive.Convincing Mac users that a secret mine of wealth is secretly locked away in their computers sounds like a hard sell, but The Daily Dot reports that at least two people have already fallen for the prank.This isn’t even the first bricking prank 4chan’s random image board has pulled off this month.Over the weekend some Xbox One owners were duped into believing a special code would unlock backwards compatibility with the Xbox 360, but it really just bricked their new machines.bitcoin ltc priceOf course if you really do want to turn your Mac into an expensive Bitcoin mining rig, there are some apps for that.bitcoin und steuerSign in / Register Sign in Username: Password: Remember Me Visa Aims for Starbucks Experience with QR Codes INV Fintech Unveils Its Third Class of Startups Blockchain Is Centerstage in BNP’s Digital Push Data, Trust and the Age of Personalization Cars Are the Digital Wallets of the Future Bitcoin vs Venmo: Lessons Learned from ‘Craigslist Jeff’ “Accepting payments in cash or crypto only.buy bitcoin via ach

Venmo not accepted,” future online sale ads might read, at least for this recent victim of fraud on the reigning “killer” P2P payment app.Expressing his thoughts in a 32-tweet long tweetstorm, this seller of a 5k iMac (who goes by the handle @czeins on Twitter) found himself missing the $1,500 owed by the Mac’s would-be buyer, dubbed “Craigslist Jeff.” Let’s back up for a moment: Craigslist Jeff expressed his intent to purchase the iMac from @czeins, and pay via Venmo.impacto do bitcoin na economiaThe transaction seemed to have gone through at the beginning, but was reverted shortly after, and flagged by the P2P payment app as a “high risk” transaction that “had the potential to generate loss in Venmo,” according to the seller’s tweets.bitcoin blackmail letterThe seller’s account was not credited for the transaction, as Venmo is “unable to cover transactions that happen outside of Venmo’s intended use,” according to Twitter.rbi on bitcoin

The seller tweeted: “$1500 in Venmo” didn’t say “pending” next to it.It didn’t say “$1500 in Venmo if Craigslist Jeff’s money clears.” It should have.(27/32) — Claude (@czeins) May 27, 2017 Scams of this type are becoming fairly common on the “killer” P2P payments app, leading others on Twitter to question its reliability as a payment method, especially when other online transaction routes exist—like cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, for instance.ethereal approach definitionOne of the most highly-cited benefits of bitcoin (which has made a few headlines of its own for nearly reaching a value of $3,000 per coin in recent weeks—the current price is hovering around $2,450) is its irrevocability.bitcoin exchange bustSimilar to a cash payment, once a user moves bitcoins to another user, there is no way to reverse or walk back the transaction—a capability of other payment methods that opens them up to the type of fraud described above.litecoin guide gpu