Leading Bitcoin Wallet

Electrum 4.1.3 Release

June 16, 2021

Build Improvements:

  • Android: APK binaries are now reproducible (#7263)
  • AppImage: Fixed startup issues by including libxcb dependencies (#7198)

Lightning Network Enhancements:

  • Improved LN pathfinding (when trampoline routing is disabled):
    • Estimates channel liquidity based on previous routing attempts (#7152)
    • Considers in-flight HTLCs and attempts to route around them (#7292)
  • Bugfix: Added safety checks to prevent “batch RBF” feature from merging LN funding transactions (#7298)
  • Removed HTLC value upper limit of ~42 mBTC (#7328)
  • Kivy GUI: Implemented LN channel freezing functionality (11bb39ee)

Wallet Management Improvements:

  • Imported wallets: When “Use change addresses” is enabled, change is now sent to a random unused imported address (#7330)
  • Seed generation: Ensured newly created Electrum seeds don’t accidentally have correct BIP39 checksums (#6001)