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Re: I have my wallet.dat from a backup but I can't remember my passphrase
by
ETFbitcoin
on 29/12/2018, 19:47:00 UTC
I dig up this old topic.

Next time you should make a new thread, especially your question isn't related with thread's topic

Now with the problem on Electrum i'm pretty sure of my password and i was hacked.
When i downloaded the last version of Electrum, i was f...

I assume you're victim of recent attack where you got error message when send bitcoin and you're asked to upgrade Electrum with shown link?

So now, can i ask Electrum to refund my lost ?

Short answer : No, since they don't have obligation
Long answer : You can't ask refund to developer/contributor of open-source software because bug because open source license (whether it's MIT which used by Electrum or GPL) don't offer any kind of warranty

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