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ThomasV

1. How does Electrum wallet learn the server list? I know servers are peer to peer advertised via IRC, but how exactly does the process work? How does a server make itself known and make its way into the server list of a wallet? Is there something like a hardcoded list which is never updated ...

ThomasV

I want to get your opinion on this:

Why can smartphone be a hardware wallet? I know the security risk involving network connections such as wifi and cellular data. But what if we disable both, and only allow the phone communicating with a client phone via other methods; such as: audio, QR codes ...

ThomasV

HI Thomas :) Thanks for coming on to do this AMA.

Some time ago, Coinapult released their own Electrum client, with a plugin for their Locks service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZWSZwONaM

Has Electrum considered adding the Locks plugin to the official Electrum client?

I have been ...

ThomasV

hi!
what is your opinion regarding the blocksize issue(BIP101/BIP100)?

answered above.

Will you maybe make a electrum app for iOS in the future(for both Bitcoin and Litecoin)?

For iOS: yes, definitely (see above).

For Litecoin: No. I did not create Electrum for Litecoin, nor for any other ...

ThomasV

Why are there not Electrum apps on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS?
Is this because you are concerned that those binaries could be altered without your knowledge? Or is it more of a time/cost to develop problem?

The current version of Electrum for Android uses a set of ...

ThomasV

I have a project which uses Electrum to receive bitcoins by importing private keys. It's currently a bit awkward to get it set up because you have to open the gui, close the gui, paste into a wallet file and so on. You can see the gruesome details here .

So my question is: Do you have any plans ...

ThomasV

Can you can tell us your thoughts around the block size debate? This has been one of the biggest topics in bitcoin for quite some time now.

This is a very complicated issue, and I do not have a clear opinion on that. I understand the arguments of both sides, and they are both reasonable ...

ThomasV

Did electrum invent HD Wallets? It was the first HD Wallet I know.

I guess what you mean is deterministic wallets. HD simply means "hierarchical deterministic", but few wallets use the hierarchical aspect of it.

No, Electrum did not invent deterministic wallets. Electrum was not even the first ...

ThomasV

1. What are your future plans for Electrum?

Thank you for that question :-).

Here are my short term plans:
- release the new Kivy GUI (for Android) and deploy it on Google Play. (I am working on that now.)
- add a plugin that will let users register names and bitcoin addresses in the DNS ...

ThomasV

I am Thomas Voegtlin, creator of Electrum (https://electrum.org). I
am a computer scientist with a PhD in machine learning and neural
networks. I heard about Bitcoin for the first time in December 2010,
after it was mentioned on Slashdot.

Long before Bitcoin, I got involved in one of the first ...

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