electrum-personal-server

commit 500e497b96e9b681157ad8ecb9f4ad980603e3f3
parent 8488d0b1032ea42850f983835665925938b50481
Author: chris-belcher <chris-belcher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:38:52 +0100

Made error message have more actionable advice

Inspired by issue #117

Diffstat:
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electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py b/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ def handle_query(sock, line, rpc, txmonitor, disable_mempool_fee_histogram,
             history_hash = txmonitor.get_electrum_history_hash(scrhash)
         else:
             logger.warning("Address not known to server, hash(address) = " +
-                scrhash + ".\nThis means Electrum is requesting information " +
-                "about addresses that are missing from Electrum Personal " +
-                "Server's configuration file.")
+                scrhash + ".\nCheck that you've imported the master public " +
+                "key(s) correctly. The first three addresses of each key are " +
+                "printed out on startup,\nso check that they really are " +
+                "addresses you expect. In Electrum go to Wallet -> " +
+                "Information to get the right master public key.")
             history_hash = hashes.get_status_electrum([])
         send_response(sock, query, history_hash)
     elif method == "blockchain.scripthash.get_history":