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
Product family
Products
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.
Sources
Evidence
Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
Electrum Technologies GmbH
Statement regarding Bitcoin Cash and Electrum
Electrum Technologies GmbH · 2017-07-26