Quote from: mocacinno on October 18, 2019, 11:52:41 AM

If you're really paranoid, i'd suggest using electrs (https://github.com/romanz/electrs/), that way you don't have to add txindex=1 to your node's config and use an alias or shortcut to start electrum using only your own node.

I just heard about electrs, by any chance do you have experience running it?

You don't need to enable txindex

Quote from: mocacinno on October 18, 2019, 11:52:41 AM

Using tor is a good alternative to, but you have to make sure you always start the tor proxy, and never open electrum without using said proxy...

If you configure Electrum to use Tor, then Electrum will only connect through Tor. If you forget to enable Tor service, Electrum simply on "offline mode" with red circle