ThomasV 1 month ago

5 rules for life: - Not your keys, not your coins. - Not your lightning channels, not your coins. - Not your side-chain, not your coins. - Verify the software you use. - Use software that verifies.

ThomasV 1 month ago

New release: Electrum 4.8.2. Please upgrade, this is another security update. Thanks to all contributors and researchers who reported issues to us.

Electrum

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet

Electrum is one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets, in continuous development since 2011. Fast, secure and open source, for Windows, macOS, Linux ...

ThomasV 3 months ago

Apparently safe-hormuz.com is a phishing website. The legit website is hormuzsafe.ir 😂

ThomasV 5 months ago

Meanwhile in pnas https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523350123

ThomasV 6 months ago

Nice summary of the LSP Fraud Proofs proposal. Thanks! View article →

ThomasV 6 months ago

We recently published two new security advisories, regarding vulnerabilities that have been fixed in Electrum 4.7.2. These vulnerabilities were reported to us, and likely found using AI.

GitHub

Build software better, together

GitHub is where people build software. More than 225 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 800 million projects.

ThomasV 6 months ago

Delving Bitcoin

[Proposal] Public Fraud Proofs for Just-in-Time Channels

Hello everyone, I have long been unsatisfied by the trust model of just-in-time channels. Here is a new proposal, that attempts to improve the si...

ThomasV 6 months ago

Not your federation, not your coins View quoted note →

ThomasV 7 months ago

We just launched

Electrum Plugins

Electrum Plugins — Extend Your Bitcoin Wallet

Browse and discover plugins for the Electrum Bitcoin wallet. Utility plugins, hardware wallet support, and community extensions.

, a website to gather information about Electrum plugins

ThomasV 8 months ago

It's been 6 months since we decentralized #lightning swaps in Electrum. Today, 9 swap providers are offering liquidity to Electrum users

ThomasV 9 months ago

Pay with Bitcoin using layer-2 The Electrum App offers @lightning swaps from multiple providers, who compete on fees and liquidity to make sure that your channels always remain usable. The beauty of this? It is trustless and permissionless: Anyone can become a swap provider and earn fees.

ThomasV 11 months ago

A lot of things are possible with Electrum plugins. Since version 4.6, third-party plugins can be distributed as ZIP files, and installed by users at runtime. Maybe #nostr could be used as a plugin distribution channel? Think of a decentralized AppStore powered by web of trust.

Electrum Documentation

Plugins

The plugin system of Electrum is designed to allow the development of new features without increasing the core code of Electrum. There are two type...

ThomasV 11 months ago

The next release of Electrum will support 'Submarine Payments', where you pay to an on-chain address using your lightning funds.

ThomasV 11 months ago

Nostr is what Ethereum tried to achieve: decentralize all the things.

ThomasV 11 months ago

Thank you @Bitfest @Nind for organizing this great event. Bitcoin and Nostr are the perfect match!

ThomasV 11 months ago

It's a pity that I could not join the Deep Dive podcast. Nevertheless, they did an extraordinary job at explaining Proof-of-burn. I am deeply impressed. 🤖

ThomasV 11 months ago

Hello Manchester ☀️ #bitfest #nostrshire

ThomasV 11 months ago

The Price of Attention: Attaching Bitcoin Fees to Nostr Events

GitHub

notary/notary.pdf at master · spesmilo/notary

Nostr proof-of-burn plugin for Electrum . Contribute to spesmilo/notary development by creating an account on GitHub.