Bitcoin Platform Electrum Next Release to Support SegWit, Apple Debut In View
As the final release date of Segregated Witness approaches, more Bitcoin platforms are preparing to support the innovative scaling solution from Bitcoin Core. Electrum, an open source Bitcoin wallet application launched in 2011, is officially introducing support for SegWit in its next release. Once SegWit is adopted by leading wallet applications such as Electrum, the Bitcoin network is presumed to experience an observable change in the average size of blocks, as a significant amount of transactional data is removed from the traditional block structure. Although SegWit creates a major....
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Lightweight Bitcoin Wallet Electrum has announced to release its updated version this week. Thanks to all our beta testers! Electrum 2.0 will be released this week! Expect us. - Electrum (@ElectrumWallet) February 23, 2015. A Special Focus on Bitcoin Wallet Security. The new Electrum 2.0 will be focusing specially on Bitcoin wallet security features. As publicized earlier, this update is hoping to add support for Trezor hardware wallets. It simply means that users will have the option to transfer their Bitcoins to a much secure and isolated environment. Server-based Blockchain Still....
Most major Bitcoin wallet service providers, exchanges and startups have either planned Segregated Witness (SegWit) support or are SegWit support ready. The Bitcoin Core development team recently updated its list of 73 Bitcoin startups that have announced their plans to support SegWit. Amongst the list was popular Bitcoin wallet service providers Blockchain.info, AirBitz, Armory, BreadWallet, Trezor, Samourai Wallet, Ledger hardware wallet, Electrum, GreenAddress, KeepKey and Mycelium. Various mining pools including Slush, Bitfury, BTCC, CGMiner and CKPool signalled SegWit support, as well....
Execoin (http://execoin.net), the fast ASIC-resistant crypto currency, proudly presents the first open-source Electrum wallet with stealth addresses technology! After months of intensive development, the Execoin team has released its own open-source implementation of stealth addresses technology based on the Electrum-EXE wallet (http://electrum-exe.org/stealth). Unlike proprietary closed-source stealth payment solutions currently available on the market, the Electrum-EXE code can be audited in order to make sure that there are no security vulnerabilities or intentional backdoors .....
Developer Neil Booth has created his own version of Electrum Server called Electrum X, which is 10 times faster and more efficient. A much faster version of Electrum Server is now available. The reimplementation of Electrum Server, called Electrum X is the creation of Neil Booth which he claims to be 10 times faster than the Electrum Server. The Electrum X Server codes are made available on GitHub under the MIT License. While the main server is built on Python 2, the new reimplementation makes use of much advanced Python 3.4 and still manages to work with the existing clients. By using....