X enhancement: highlight start/middle/end segment of BTC address for visual verification
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Description
Description
Problem
Clipboard malware can replace the full BTC address, and users often verify only the beginning and end of the address.
Suggestion
Highlight not only the start and end, but also a small segment of the middle of the BTC address to improve visual verification.
Why this helps
- Improves human visual verification
- No protocol changes
- No privacy impact
- Low implementation cost
Context
Observed in real user support cases when moving BTC from hardware wallets to software wallets.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating Electrum’s BTC address display and existing start/end highlighting, then determine where the middle segment should be selected and rendered. Done means the address visibly highlights start, middle, and end segments without changing the underlying address.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100