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Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
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Addition of Electrum to PortableApps.com! #6830

Closed Peppernrino closed 3 years ago

Peppernrino commented 3 years ago

I have packaged Electrum in .paf.exe format for PortableApps.com, and would like to finally inform you!

https : // portableapps.com/node/63156

Let me know what you think. If there are no bugs, etc, we can put it on the list to be added to the official list of apps. :)

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SomberNight commented 3 years ago

What is the difference between this exe and the "portable" exe that we distribute?

ecdsa commented 3 years ago

Note to users: we do NOT endorse binaries distributed by third parties. The above link could lead you to download bitcoin stealing malware.

Peppernrino commented 3 years ago

yeah... but it doesn't. lol. please reconsider, Thomas.

check the package out. lol. the intent is to include it as an official package. if your claim is that portableapps.com is altogether... unsavoury... then we can further that conversation. otherwise, i think you're just being a poop. ;)

edit: added a caveat on the portableapps site for you.

"Caveat Emptor/Use At Your Own Risk

This is a PortableApps development test version of the Electrum Bitcoin wallet. Extra care should be taken when using experimental software. Keep your wallet.dat files safe. Make duplicates before attempting use of this package. This package is not yet officially endorsed by Electrum, and current official downloads remain at https://electrum.org/#home and https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum :) "

Peppernrino commented 3 years ago

to answer @SomberNight : it is just packaged in PortableApps.com format. the original electrum-4.0.5-portable.exe is absolutely untouched, and resides in Electrum\App\ElectrumPortable\ there is only a layer of NSIS stuff that moves directories back and forth when opening and closing the program, and helps the PA.c frontend recognize it etc. it's pretty nifty actually. i have no desire to steal anyone's bitcoins. i'd say we're lucky i'm the guy doing it. lol.

feel free to package it up yourself to see there are no differences. hell, you might even end up with the same md5 if you copy me exactly. who knows? but yeah.... i'm here to help, not steal. lol. i've done this for several other programs. please check my profile. i understand caution, but with some easy steps, we/you can verify there is no cause for concern. :)

Peppernrino commented 3 years ago

after some time with this, i wanted to posit the idea that someone could very well say the same thing about Electrum, as it is not Bitcoin Core.

has anyone discovered any programs that could test for a difference in compilation? that could be useful here.