Leading Bitcoin Wallet

Electrum 4.3.0 Release

August 5, 2022

Major UI Overhaul for Lightning Integration:

  • Unified Invoices: Merged on-chain and Lightning invoices
  • Single ‘Create Request‘ button for all payment types
  • Intelligent receive tab displaying appropriate payment method based on context
  • Dynamic suggestions for overcoming liquidity issues (rebalancing, submarine swaps)
  • Simplified balance display with pie chart breakdown
  • Modified balance semantics: only incoming transactions affect unconfirmed balance

New Features:

  • Added support for Blockstream Jade hardware wallet (#7633)
  • Implemented LNURL-pay (LUD-06) support (#7839)
  • Updated trampoline feature bit in invoices (#7801)
  • Improved handling of reverse swap claim transactions
  • Enabled fee bumping for submarine swap transactions (#7724)
  • Enhanced error handling for trampoline payments (#7844)
  • Automated removal of channel backups upon channel redemption (#7513)

Lightning Improvements:

  • Intelligent suggestions for payment alternatives when facing liquidity issues
  • Better integration of on-chain and off-chain payment methods

UI Enhancements:

  • Simplified and more intuitive interface for managing both on-chain and Lightning transactions
  • Improved visibility of wallet balance distribution