Electrum (software)

<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
<p>Mayank Sharma of <i><a href="/facts/TechRadar/bQ2yIhNE">TechRadar</a></i> praised the wallet's advanced features, such as <a href="/facts/Multisignature/CaVwqAMy">multisignature transactions</a>, while noting that the wallet is not designed for inexperienced users.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Marco Monroy Robles of <a href="/facts/Money_(financial_website)/tWXUD3EJ"><i>Money</i></a> liked Electrum's simple setup process, but criticized its lack of direct customer support.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="security">Security</h2>
<p>Although wallet files are encrypted with <a href="/facts/PBKDF2/nIq55BCh">PBKDF2</a>, private keys are encrypted with <a href="/facts/AES256/HdXGBY2Q">AES256</a> with the user's password. This could allow an attacker with access to the encrypted data to decrypt the private keys using a <a href="/facts/Dictionary_attack/0DdvVvBM">dictionary attack</a> or a brute force attack.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
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<li>Free and open-source software portal</li><li>Money portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="https://electrum.org/">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/desktop/windows/electrum/">Overview of Electrum</a> on the bitcoin.org</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Zhang, Yiyin (May 2023). "SoK: Anonymity of Lightweight Clients in Cryptocurrency Systems". 2023 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC). pp. 1–18. doi:10.1109/ICBC56567.2023.10174913. ISBN 979-8-3503-1019-1. <a href="979-8-3503-1019-1" target="_blank">979-8-3503-1019-1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Conrad, Barski (2014). Bitcoin for the Befuddled. No Starch Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59327-573-0. <a href="978-1-59327-573-0" target="_blank">978-1-59327-573-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Caetano, Richard (2015). Learning Bitcoin. Packt Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-78528-730-5. <a href="978-1-78528-730-5" target="_blank">978-1-78528-730-5</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Sharma, Mayank (2021-01-26). "Electrum cryptocurrency wallet review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-01-29. <a href="https://www.techradar.com/reviews/electrum-cryptocurrency-wallet" target="_blank">https://www.techradar.com/reviews/electrum-cryptocurrency-wallet</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Robles, Marco Monroy. "Electrum Crypto Wallet Review". Money. Retrieved 2025-01-29. <a href="https://money.com/electrum-crypto-wallet-review/" target="_blank">https://money.com/electrum-crypto-wallet-review/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Holmes, Arran; Buchanan, William J. (2023-03-01). "A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage". Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. 44: 301486. doi:10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301486. ISSN 2666-2817. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666281722001676" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666281722001676</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Electrum (software)