Electrum ABC
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Security model

Is Electrum ABC safe?

Short answer: yes, within the limits of any non-custodial wallet. The long answer covers custody, encryption, reproducible builds, and how the project is stewarded — written plainly.

Things no legitimate party will ever ask you to do
  • Share your 12-word seed phrase or private key with anyone — support, admin, moderator, or wallet team.
  • Paste your seed phrase into a website, browser form, chat message, or support ticket.
  • “Validate”, “sync”, or “verify” your wallet by entering your seed on a page.
  • Send funds to an address to “unlock”, “release”, or “migrate” other funds.

The short answer

Electrum ABC is safe in the way any well-built non-custodial wallet is safe. Open source under MIT, reproducible builds, AES-256 wallet-file encryption, and private keys that never leave your machine. The two conditions that compromise you are losing your seed (no recovery possible) and a compromised host operating system. The wallet itself transmits no keys, no seeds, and no personal data to any server.

The model: non-custodial

Your seed and private keys are generated on your computer when you create the wallet. They never leave it. There is no server holding a copy, no support team that can move your funds, and no "forgot password" link that recovers your seed. You control the keys; you are responsible for the backup.

Wallet-file encryption

The wallet file is encrypted with AES-256 derived from a password you set at creation. Anyone who copies the file still needs that password to decrypt — useful if your laptop is stolen, less useful against a keylogger.

Reproducible builds

Anyone can build Electrum ABC from source and get a binary that matches the official release byte-for-byte. This makes it dramatically harder for a single compromised maintainer to slip backdoored code into a release.

Open source

The codebase is MIT-licensed and public. You can read every line, build it yourself, fork it, or hand it to your own reviewer. There are no proprietary blobs.

Official source

Only electrum-abc.org publishes official Electrum ABC installers. Any other domain, mirror, ad, or search result is not published by us. Bookmark the site and use your bookmark for every install and update. See Download.

Company

Who maintains Electrum ABC

Entity
Electrum LLC
Company No.
L15000123443
Trademark
ELECTRUM ABC
Project
Electrum ABC desktop wallet for eCash (XEC)
support@electrum-abc.org info@electrum-abc.org
Stewardship

How the project is run

Electrum LLC holds the ELECTRUM ABC trademark and maintains the codebase, release pipeline, and public communications. Development happens in the open: source and diffs are public, releases are versioned, and issues are triaged through public channels.

Responsible disclosure of security issues is handled by the maintainers at support@electrum-abc.org. General inquiries go to info@electrum-abc.org.

Review model

How the code is reviewed

Electrum ABC follows an open-source review model. Every line that ships to your machine is public, and every release can be independently rebuilt from source.

Public source

Every release is built from a public repository. Diffs are reviewable line-by-line, and history is preserved commit by commit.

Reproducible releases

Deterministic builds let anyone rebuild the binary from source and confirm it matches the published artifact byte-for-byte.

Community review

Issues, pull requests, and post-release scrutiny happen in the open. Bugs and hardening ideas are discussed publicly.

Report a vulnerability → support@electrum-abc.org
Financial risk disclaimer

Self-custody puts you in control — and on the hook.

  • • You are solely responsible for the security of your seed phrase, wallet file, and passwords. Anyone with your seed can spend your XEC.
  • • Transactions are irreversible. Sends cannot be cancelled, reversed, or refunded once broadcast to the eCash network.
  • • Cryptocurrency prices are volatile. The value of XEC can rise or fall sharply and may become worthless. Only hold what you can afford to lose.
  • • Lost seeds cannot be recovered. There is no reset link, no support override, and no server-side backup. If the seed and wallet file are lost, the funds are gone.
  • • This is not financial advice. Nothing on this site is investment, tax, or legal advice. Do your own research and consult a qualified professional before making decisions.
Is Electrum ABC safe?+

Yes — within the bounds of any non-custodial wallet. The code is open source under MIT, builds are reproducible, and your private keys never leave your machine. The two conditions that can compromise you are losing your seed (no recovery is possible) and a compromised host operating system. The wallet itself does not transmit keys or seeds anywhere, ever.

I lost my seed. Can you recover my wallet?+

No. There is no recovery service. The seed is the only thing that can rebuild your private keys; without it, the XEC at those addresses is unreachable. This is the same trade-off every non-custodial wallet makes.

Can I encrypt the wallet file?+

Yes. You are prompted to set a wallet-file password when creating a wallet. The file is encrypted with AES-256 derived from your password — anyone who copies the file still needs the password to spend.

Can I make a watch-only wallet?+

Yes. Import a master public key (xpub) on a separate machine to track balances and receive funds without holding signing keys. Useful for monitoring cold-storage from an exposed laptop.

How do I report a security issue?+

Email support@electrum-abc.org with a clear description and reproduction steps. Responsible disclosure is preferred: allow a reasonable window for a fix to ship before publishing details.

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