PSA: Electrum and Electron Cash servers are being Sybiled -- AGAIN!

If you're running the SPV client Electrum (for Bitcoin) or Electron Cash (for Bitcoin Cash) know that ElectrumX servers are being sybilled (again!).

Presumably the phishers are up to their old tricks of tricking users to install a malware version of their client.

BUT We at Electron Cash have already put countermeasures in place.

MAKE SURE you are running the latest version of Electron Cash. Get it here: https://www.electroncash.org.

The latest version of Electron Cash will:

1. Never allow server-side strings to spam you with bogus alerts to download an update
2. Allow you to use the "Preferred Server" feature -- the client will only connect to "trusted" servers. If you are running the latest version be sure to turn this on. It's in the network settings:

https://imgur.com/7buPdwp

So get the latest 3.3.5 Electron Cash, and turn "Preferred Servers only" on, and have peace of mind. :D

EDIT: Words. Typos.

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