Hardware wallet integration: Many leading hardware wallets can interface with Electrum, including Coldcard, Trezor and Ledger.Redundancy: You are not tied to a particular server, and the server does not need to know you.One server going down doesn't cause user downtimes.No single point of failure: The server code is open source, anyone can run a server.Private keys can be exported and imported into other wallets.Firewall friendly: The client does not need to open a port, it simply polls the server for updates.Add-ons: third-party plugins are supported.Support for Bitcoin URIs, signed URIs and Bitcoin aliasesĮlectrum binaries can be downloaded from.Next to each download link there is also a signature file which can be downloaded. The signature files are for independently verifying the Electrum files were not tampered with. This step should not be overlooked as users have reported malicious funds-stealing builds of Electeum existing in the wild. To verify the Electrm binaries using the signatures, you need to have GPG installed.
Listed below is the process for each operating system.
#Electrum seed windows 10
Windows 10 has "Ubuntu on Windows" and allows you ton follow the Linux instructions below For all operating systems, you must have Electrum's signing key downloaded to verify the Electrum binaries.
#Electrum seed install
Once you run the installer, you will be presented with a "components choosing dialog like this: On Windows, you should install GPG4Win from this location. Leave the boxes ticked at their defaults and go to the next step of the installer. When the installation is finished, go to the Windows Start Menu and look for a program named "Kleopatra", and launch it. If you see the following window then GPG4Win has been successfully installed.Ĭlick on the Import button, and navigate to the location you saved the Electrum signing key in (you may have to change the Filter at the bottom right to "All Files" to see the key). Then Kleopatra will give you a message requesting to certify the key:Ĭlick yes, and then tick all of the email addresses in the next window to finish the process.Īfter you close the window by clicking the Certify button, click on the Decrypt/Verify button on the main window, and select the signature corresponding to the Electrum binary you have downloaded. If verification is successful, you will get the following window. Otherwise, the signature doesn't match the binary, and you need to download both of them again, and check the URL of the site you are downloading from. The Kleopatra error message when signature verification fails. On MacOS, you should use the GPG tools suite from GPGTools. Dmg file, double click on it and drag its contents to the Applications folder that appears to start the installation.
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