If you are so much privacy concerned you can try an altcoin like Monero which is privacy oriented. I’ve now enabled TOR but before I did so, I sent a transaction to my newly generated HD wallet, which I was using Electrum with by exporting a skeleton wallet onto an SD card and then opening that in Electrum. They can intercept you before you go to the server and all of your coins would be gone although this has a very small probability to happen is better to be safe than sorry. I.e I am not creating and broadcasting any new transactions from Electrum. Remember that if you use TOR a lot of unusual traffic hits your PC and nothing can save your coins from rogue nodes from the TOR network. With Electrum setup and running: Go to Tools -> Network Click on the Proxy tab Place a tick for Use Tor proxy at port 9050 Note that Electrum will momentarily disconnect and reconnect via Tor Click on Close Exit and restart Electrum normally (to go online) Check that your password works and that you remember it before you use your wallet. Even if its true that they can find your IP by checking the transactions done with Electrum it still safe to use it. This means youre successfully routing your Electrum wallet through the Tor network. Unless you have something to hide I would stay with my default wallet in Electrum. Specify the number of Bitcoin transfers and in the transaction fee. Have I to delete my first default wallet I created without TOR? It will say cannot make a shortcut here make one on the desktop instead Ok this. If not you can find the electrum folder in C:Program Files (x86)Electrum Right click on electrum.exe and create shortcut. Hi, I red these 2 articles telling that if someone run Electrum without TOR all bitcoin activity is PUBLIC and linked with home IP address. In windows, On your desktop you will have a electrum icon.
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