electrum-personal-server

Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user
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commit 169fac9130b38230f141123ca51ebb2cef69fcad
parent 7ea587f0edb4a0e387618512fe8f01119f4c8f64
Author: chris-belcher <chris-belcher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:32:00 +0000

Change README to support loading wallet on startup

The current advice did not keep the wallet loaded if the full node was restarted.

Closes issue #222

Diffstat:
MREADME.md | 7+++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md @@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ which bitcoin addresses they are interested in. [verify the digital signatures](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50185/how-to-verify-bitcoin-core-release-signing-keys) of any binaries before running them, or compile from source. The Bitcoin node must have wallet functionality enabled, and must have the RPC server switched on (`server=1` - in bitcoin.conf). On first run, it is recommended to create a wallet dedicated - to Electrum Personal Server using the command line argument - `bitcoin-cli createwallet electrumpersonalserver true`. + in bitcoin.conf). Create a wallet dedicated to Electrum Personal Server by adding + `wallet=electrumpersonalserver` to the bitcoin.conf file. - If you dont already have it, download and install [Electrum bitcoin wallet](https://electrum.org/), and set up your Electrum @@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ which bitcoin addresses they are interested in. - If you created a wallet dedicated to Electrum Personal Server in Bitcoin Core, you have to modify the line `wallet_filename` in the `[bitcoin-rpc]` section - with the name of the wallet, for example `electrumpersonalserver`. + with the name of the wallet, for example `wallet_filename = electrumpersonalserver`. - If using the windows packaged binary release, drag the file `config.ini` onto the file `electrum-personal-server.exe` to run the server, or on the command