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README

Electrum - lightweight Bitcoin client

Licence: GNU GPL v3
Author: thomasv@gitorious
Language: Python

Features:

* Encrypted wallet: the file that contains your bitcoins is protected with a password. You are protected from thieves.
* Deterministic key generation: If you lose your wallet, you can recover it from its seed. You are protected from your own mistakes.
* No blockchain download: the client requests blockchain information from a server. No delays, always up-to-date.
* Transactions are signed locally: Your private keys are not shared with the server. You do not have to trust the server with your money.
* Privacy: The server does not know you, it does not store user accounts. You are not tied to a particular server.
* No single point of failure: The server code is open source, anyone can run a server.
* Firewall friendly: The client does not need to open a port, it simply polls the server for updates.
* Open Source: Anyone can audit the code.
* Python. Very compact code, easy to contribute.

INSTALL

If you use the source from git, you will need to install python-ecdsa and slowaes:
* sudo easy_install ecdsa
* sudo easy_install slowaes
These packages are included in the tar.gz and zip archives.

In order to use the gtk gui, you need pygtk and tk.
* apt-get install python-gtk2
* apt-get install python-tk

RUN

To start the Qt gui, type:
python electrum
To use the Gtk gui, type:
python electrum --gui gtk

If arguments are passed to the command line, Electrum will run in text mode.
Examples:
python electrum balance
python electrum help

HELP

the most up-to-date information is on the wiki:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum

BROWSER CONFIGURATION

see http://ecdsa.org/bitcoin_URIs.html