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# Release 2.0
* New address derivation (BIP32).
* Before you upgrade, make sure you have saved your wallet seed on
paper.
* New seed phrase format: 8 bits of the seed phrase are used to store
a version number. The current version number (0x01) refers to the
default wallet structure. The version number also serves as a
checksum for the seed, and it will prevent the import of seeds from
incompatible wallets.
* Documentation is now hosted on a wiki: http://electrum.orain.org
* Compact serialization format for unsigned or partially signed
transactions, that includes the master public key and derivation
needed to sign inputs. This allows to send partially signed
transactions using QR codes
* New seed derivation method (not compatible with BIP39). The seed
phrase includes a version number, that refers to the wallet
structure. The version number also serves as a checksum, and it
will prevent the import of seeds from incompatible wallets. Old
Electrum seeds are still supported.
* New address derivation (BIP32). Standard wallets are single account
and use a gap limit of 20.
* Deterministic Multisig wallets using parallel BIP32 derivations and
* Support for Multisig wallets using parallel BIP32 derivations and
P2SH addresses (2 of 2, 2 of 3).
* New plugins:
- TrustedCoin: two-factor authentication using 2 of 3 multisig and
Google Authenticator
- Trezor: support for the Trezor hardware wallet by SatoshiLabs
- Cosigner Pool: encrypted communication channel for multisig
wallets, to send and receive partially signed transactions
- Audio Modem: send and receive transactions by sound
- OpenAlias: pay to openalias addresses
* Support for BIP70: payment requests
- Verification of the signature chain uses tlslite.
* Compact serialization format for unsigned or partially signed
transactions, that includes the BIP32 master public key and
derivation needed to sign inputs. Serialized transactions can be
sent to cosigners or to cold storage using QR codes.
* Support for BIP70 payment requests:
- Verification of the chain of signatures uses tlslite.
- In the GUI, payment requests are shown in the 'Invoices' tab.
* New 'Receive' tab:
* Two-factor authentication plugin using TrustedCoin's cosigning
service. It uses 2 of 3 multisig wallets and Google
Authenticator. These wallets can be deterministically restored from
seed without Trustedcoin's server.
* Support for hardware wallets: Trezor (Satoshilabs) and Btchip (Ledger).
* Cosigner Pool plugin: encrypted communication channel for multisig
wallets, to send and receive partially signed transactions.
* Audio Modem plugin : send and receive transactions by sound
* OpenAlias plugin: send bitcoins to aliases verified using DNSSEC
* New 'Receive' tab in the GUI:
- create and manage payment requests, with QR Codes
- the former Receive tab was renamed to 'Addresses'
- the former 'Receive' tab was renamed to 'Addresses'
- the former Point of Sale plugin is replaced by a resizeable
window that pops up if you click on the QR code
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* More watching-only functionality: Create wallets to monitor any
address of choice by entering a list of addresses in the install wizard
* Wallet files are saved as JSON instead of Python.
* Client supports servers with SSL certificates signed by a CA.
* New file format: Wallets files are saved as JSON. Note that new
wallet files cannot be read by older versions of Electrum. Old
wallet files will be converted to the new format; this operation
may take some time, because public keys will be derived for each
address of your wallet.
* Documentation is now hosted on a wiki: http://electrum.orain.org
* The SSL certificate of Electrum servers can be signed by a CA.
* ECIES encrypt/decrypt methods, availabe in the GUI and using the
command line:

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