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User loses 1400 BTC to malicious Electrum node
- notRobot 6y agoThis is why you shouldn't use a lightweight wallet and should use the official wallet, or at least host a full node.
- Arnt 6y agoThe answer seems to say: "Because there exists least some user errors that the software cannot guard against, guarding against this class of error isn't worthwhile". My bank manages to block a lot of phishing. If Electrum doesn't, does that make Electrum better or worse than fiat-currency banks?