Welcome to the Electron Cash documentation!¶
SECURITY ALERT: Electron Cash version 3.1.2 has been released. A JSONRPC security hole was discovered that affects all Electrum forks. This has been fully patched in Electron Cash 3.1.2. If you were running a prior version as an online wallet without a strong password, you should consider the wallet compromised and create a fresh wallet with version 3.1.2 or better.
Electron Cash is a lightweight Bitcoin Cash wallet.
Current versions are:
- Windows, Mac, and Linux - 4.0.6
- Android - 3.3.5
Electron Cash can be downloaded from https://electroncash.org/ or the PlayStore. These are the only authentic sources.
Getting Started¶
Contributing¶
To contribute to Electron Cash, check the GitHub repo and contact Jonald Fyookball.
To contribute to this documentation, submit a pull request to the GitHub documentation repo.
Old Documentation¶
The documentation is currently being re-written from scratch. The old documentation is being temporarily maintained here until it is completely replaced.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- How does Electron Cash work?
- Does Electron Cash trust servers?
- What is the Seed?
- How secure is the seed?
- I have forgotten my password. What can I do?
- My transaction has been unconfirmed for a long time. What can I do?
- What does it mean to “Freeze” an address in Electron Cash?
- How is the wallet encrypted?
- Does Electron Cash support cold wallets?
- Can I import private keys from other Bitcoin Cash clients?
- Can I sweep private keys from other Bitcoin Cash clients?
- Where is my wallet file located?
- Can I do bulk payments with Electron Cash?
- Can Electron Cash create and sign raw transactions?
- Electron Cash freezes when I try to send Bitcoin Cash
- What is the gap limit?
- How can I pre-generate new addresses?
- How to upgrade Electron Cash?
- Invoices
- Multisig Wallets
- Cold Storage
- Command Line
- Using cold storage with the command line
- How to accept Bitcoin Cash on a website using Electron Cash
- The Python Console
- Simple Payment Verification
- Electrum protocol specification
- Serialization of unsigned or partially signed transactions