Category Archives: Bitcoin Clients
Make your own Electrum Seed
Electrum 2.0 supports a new make_seed command line option that generates a random seed and displays the mnemonic:
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New Features in Electrum 2.0
Electrum 2.0 was released a while back. Since then there have been a few bug fix releases to this branch as well. Here’s whats new in the Electrum 2.0.x versions:
Electrum Seed Explained
Electrum is a deterministic wallet where all bitcoin private keys are derived from a single seed. That means that you only have to backup the seed once and it’s good for life. It also means that should the seed be compromised all your bitcoins can be stolen. So let’s look at how electrum seeds are created and secured.
Coin Control in Electrum
An up to date guide is available here