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# Release 2.0
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# Release 2.0
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* New address derivation (BIP32).
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* Before you upgrade, make sure you have saved your wallet seed on
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paper.
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* New seed phrase format: 8 bits of the seed phrase are used to store
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* Documentation is now hosted on a wiki: http://electrum.orain.org
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a version number. The current version number (0x01) refers to the
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default wallet structure. The version number also serves as a
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checksum for the seed, and it will prevent the import of seeds from
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incompatible wallets.
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* Compact serialization format for unsigned or partially signed
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* New seed derivation method (not compatible with BIP39). The seed
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transactions, that includes the master public key and derivation
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phrase includes a version number, that refers to the wallet
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needed to sign inputs. This allows to send partially signed
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structure. The version number also serves as a checksum, and it
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transactions using QR codes
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will prevent the import of seeds from incompatible wallets. Old
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Electrum seeds are still supported.
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* Deterministic Multisig wallets using parallel BIP32 derivations and
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* New address derivation (BIP32). Standard wallets are single account
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and use a gap limit of 20.
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* Support for Multisig wallets using parallel BIP32 derivations and
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P2SH addresses (2 of 2, 2 of 3).
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P2SH addresses (2 of 2, 2 of 3).
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* New plugins:
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* Compact serialization format for unsigned or partially signed
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- TrustedCoin: two-factor authentication using 2 of 3 multisig and
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transactions, that includes the BIP32 master public key and
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Google Authenticator
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derivation needed to sign inputs. Serialized transactions can be
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- Trezor: support for the Trezor hardware wallet by SatoshiLabs
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sent to cosigners or to cold storage using QR codes.
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- Cosigner Pool: encrypted communication channel for multisig
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wallets, to send and receive partially signed transactions
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- Audio Modem: send and receive transactions by sound
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- OpenAlias: pay to openalias addresses
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* Support for BIP70: payment requests
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* Support for BIP70 payment requests:
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- Verification of the signature chain uses tlslite.
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- Verification of the chain of signatures uses tlslite.
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- In the GUI, payment requests are shown in the 'Invoices' tab.
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- In the GUI, payment requests are shown in the 'Invoices' tab.
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* New 'Receive' tab:
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* Two-factor authentication plugin using TrustedCoin's cosigning
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service. It uses 2 of 3 multisig wallets and Google
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Authenticator. These wallets can be deterministically restored from
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seed without Trustedcoin's server.
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* Support for hardware wallets: Trezor (Satoshilabs) and Btchip (Ledger).
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* Cosigner Pool plugin: encrypted communication channel for multisig
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wallets, to send and receive partially signed transactions.
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* Audio Modem plugin : send and receive transactions by sound
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* OpenAlias plugin: send bitcoins to aliases verified using DNSSEC
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* New 'Receive' tab in the GUI:
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- create and manage payment requests, with QR Codes
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- create and manage payment requests, with QR Codes
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- the former Receive tab was renamed to 'Addresses'
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- the former 'Receive' tab was renamed to 'Addresses'
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- the former Point of Sale plugin is replaced by a resizeable
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- the former Point of Sale plugin is replaced by a resizeable
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window that pops up if you click on the QR code
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window that pops up if you click on the QR code
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* More watching-only functionality: Create wallets to monitor any
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* More watching-only functionality: Create wallets to monitor any
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address of choice by entering a list of addresses in the install wizard
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address of choice by entering a list of addresses in the install wizard
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* Wallet files are saved as JSON instead of Python.
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* New file format: Wallets files are saved as JSON. Note that new
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wallet files cannot be read by older versions of Electrum. Old
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wallet files will be converted to the new format; this operation
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may take some time, because public keys will be derived for each
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address of your wallet.
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* Client supports servers with SSL certificates signed by a CA.
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* The SSL certificate of Electrum servers can be signed by a CA.
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* Documentation is now hosted on a wiki: http://electrum.orain.org
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* ECIES encrypt/decrypt methods, availabe in the GUI and using the
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* ECIES encrypt/decrypt methods, availabe in the GUI and using the
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command line:
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command line:
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