Is Electrum Bitcoin Wallet safe?

Electrum is a libre self-custodial Bitcoin wallet with support for the Lightning Network. It's secure, feature rich and trusted by the Bitcoin community since 2011. Features: • Safe: Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your device. • Open-source: MIT-licensed free/libre open-source software, with reproducible builds. • Forgiving: Your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase. • In…

Developer: spesmilo
Category: Wallet
Earliest archived version: 16 Aug 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.electrum.electrum

Latest APK SHA-2567eec6ef484eaf09740eab6613ac1d67efeb6631626147fc191f7afbdefd36c50

Signing certificateE5:43:D5:76:FA:0F:2A:33:D4:12:BC:A4:C7:D6:1E:23:01:83:0E:95:6E:7D:94:7E:75:B9:05:2D:17:60:27:D3

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREx86_64

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 4.8.1 (16 Aug 2026), latest 4.8.2 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 4.8.1 and 4.8.2.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

4.8.215 Oct 202626+x86_64→4.8.116 Aug 202626+x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions7 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE org.electrum.electrum.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗