Wallet dossier

Electrum

softwareactive

Long-running open-source Bitcoin wallet created in 2011, distributed as a multi-platform client while retaining a single software-product lineage.

Developer / company
Electrum Technologies GmbH
Origin
Germany
Launch
2011
Custody
self_custody
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-14

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Chronology

Lifecycle timeline

2011
launched

Electrum created

Product: Electrum

Thomas Voegtlin created Electrum in 2011; the project has remained in continuous development as a lightweight Bitcoin wallet.

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