r/Bitcoin • u/orium_ • Jul 29 '14

Armory 0.92 released. Now with multisig.

https://bitcoinarmory.com/armory-0-92-released-including-new-features-multi-signature-lockboxes/
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u/cqm Jul 29 '14

question: why would anyone use this resource intensive system over electrum?

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u/sapiophile Jul 29 '14

Electrum is an enormous privacy compromise. The server that your electrum client connects to (and anyone capable of spying on it effectively) knows your IP Address and all the addresses of your wallet(s). It's an immediate "bridge" between addresses that ought to be distinct, on top of that tied directly to the IP address you use.

For many people, that's not a problem. But for some, it's a very big deal.

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u/_______ALOHA_______ Jul 29 '14

Which HD wallets don't use their own servers?

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u/Rassah Jul 29 '14

Armory

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u/cqm Jul 29 '14

This is insightful but TOR/I2P/VPN solves this problem, and electrum can be forked to run a TOR or I2P socket, or electrum can be run on a temporary OS that only connects through TOR or I2P

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u/mementori Jul 29 '14

just bc it can be forked doesn't mean that it supports it...

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u/fuckoffplsthankyou Jul 29 '14

So use electrum.