diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/history_list.py b/electrum/gui/qt/history_list.py
index 9f10c031f..cb4a2383f 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/history_list.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/history_list.py
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ class HistoryList(MyTreeView, AcceptFileDragDrop):
             if value is not None:
                 self.hm.update_fiat(index)
         else:
-            assert False
+            raise Exception(f"did not expect {column=!r} to get edited")
 
     def on_double_click(self, idx):
         tx_item = idx.internalPointer().get_data()
diff --git a/electrum/network.py b/electrum/network.py
index 47ed65baa..e12f28a62 100644
--- a/electrum/network.py
+++ b/electrum/network.py
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ class Network(Logger, NetworkRetryManager[ServerAddr]):
                     async with session.post(url, json=json, headers=headers) as resp:
                         return await on_finish(resp)
             else:
-                assert False
+                raise Exception(f"unexpected {method=!r}")
 
     @classmethod
     def send_http_on_proxy(cls, method, url, **kwargs):
diff --git a/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py b/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
index 3ff7ff8ec..181425dc2 100644
--- a/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
+++ b/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class TrustedCoinCosignerClient(Logger):
                                                       on_finish=self.handle_response,
                                                       timeout=timeout)
             else:
-                assert False
+                raise Exception(f"unexpected {method=!r}")
         except TrustedCoinException:
             raise
         except Exception as e: