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

• Downloading and Verifying Electron Cash
  • Android
  • Linux
• Installing Electron Cash
  • Installing on Linux

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
  • Create a pair of 2-of-2 wallets
  • Receiving
  • Spending
• Cold Storage
  • Create an offline wallet
  • Create a watching-only version of your wallet
  • Create an unsigned transaction
  • Get your transaction signed
  • Broadcast your transaction
• Command Line
  • Using the inline help
  • Magic words
  • Aliases
  • Formatting outputs using jq
  • Examples
• Using cold storage with the command line
  • Create an unsigned transaction
  • Sign the transaction
  • Broadcast the transaction
• How to accept Bitcoin Cash on a website using Electron Cash
  • Requirements
  • Create a wallet
  • Add your SSL certificate to your configuration
  • Configure a requests directory
  • Create a signed payment request
  • Open the payment request page in your browser
  • Add web sockets support
  • JSONRPC interface
• The Python Console
• Simple Payment Verification
• Electrum protocol specification
  • Format
  • Methods
  • External links
• Serialization of unsigned or partially signed transactions
  • Extended public keys
  • Public key
  • BIP32 derivation
  • Legacy Electrum Derivation
  • Bitcoin address

Indices and tables

• Index
• Search Page