no need to be complicated just use Electrum 304 which is fixed...
Thank you very much for your reply!
It's now version 3.0.5 you need to upgrade to. They rushed version 3.0.4 then a day later discovered the bug wasn't completely fixed in it.
electrum is one of the (if not *the*) most popular desktop wallets for bitcoin right? this doesn't look very good...
I beg to differ. I think the most used wallet is the Blockchain.info wallet and that site has had it's fair share of troubles in the past and it is still standing. ^smile^
You have to worry, when exploits like this is not discovered and people start losing coins on these platforms. Most of these wallet providers are using Open Source software, so it is pretty hard to hide these exploits. ^smile^