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Board Electrum
Re: Electrum - default_wallet asking for password I was never asked to create
by
moyno85
on 26/09/2019, 14:04:29 UTC
Lol wow. Just came back to check on this thread to find I've been accused of lying and stealing the wallet. Nice to meet you too guys!

No, no, unfortunately, that is not the case.

Answers to questions above:
- Yes the computer is mine
- It's my bedroom computer which no one else has access to

Everything I have stated here is true. I'm normally quite experienced with computers and I have to admit, the scenario does sound strange – the password setup screen just... didn't appear. I went straight from install to a 'functioning' default wallet in about two clicks.
The alarming thing is I installed Electrum on my work computer today, clicked Next on default_wallet and the password/seed key setups screens DID come up.
I've spent the better part of two days trying to figure out what happened and can only come to three conclusions:

A. I've fallen victim to some kind of malware scam.
B. I briefly installed Electrum when playing around with Bitcoin back in 2014 and it's somehow defaulted to those setup details (although none of my regular passwords are working),
C. It's a bug (unlikely).

For the record, I'm running on a Mac (sorry, probably should have stated initially).

Not sure what else to do at this point.

I've attached a screenshot of the wallet/transaction details if that helps, let me know if anything else helps.

https://i.imgur.com/cR8WGFJ.jpg

Any ideas would be much appreciated but I know it's a long shot.