Ok, this is really fucking despicable. I have some chat logs with Amir on this topic I'll share later today. As a junior contributor to this project, one I am supremely enamoured with, I was really confused when I first saw this post so I reached out to find out what was going on. I got Amir's side of the story and he assured me there was no animosity between you two. Now with this response, I can clearly see what's happened and it's disgusting. I'm no software developer, but this is no fucking way to fork a project.
wtf, I come back from vacation to see that Electrum has been hijacked? :-)
relax... this is not a fork, at least not for now :-)
I have no problem with people re-using and modifying my code; it is in fact the best thing that can happen to it.
Amir has been working hard to create a community around the project, and I see this as a positive thing.
I also told him that I was looking for someone else to take over the project, because I do not have enough time for it myself.
However, I did not mean to transfer the project to him in particular, and I did not expect this kind of 'take over' without concertation...
I do not know if Amir is the best person for managing that project, mostly because I do not think that a project that involves people's money can be run as an anarchy.
But well, he seems to be highly motivated and dedicated, and he's willing to spend more time than me on it at the moment. So, let it be that way. Time will tell if he succeeds.