electrum-personal-server

commit 8d53ce04e6fdf9c9c328ad53fab97539e1716321
parent 588945c2b88cd378d4711f40ad507dee9daa9948
Author: chris-belcher <chris-belcher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Mon,  5 Nov 2018 17:18:33 +0000

Reworded confusing error messages about scripthash

Issue #55 is one example where users were confused by mentions of
"scripthash", which is essentially interchangable with "address"
but makes people think of pay-to-script-hash instead.

Diffstat:
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electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
 | 
10
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py b/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ def handle_query(sock, line, rpc, txmonitor):
         if txmonitor.subscribe_address(scrhash):
             history_hash = txmonitor.get_electrum_history_hash(scrhash)
         else:
-            logger.warning("address scripthash not known to server: " +
-                scrhash)
+            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.")
             history_hash = hashes.get_status_electrum([])
         send_response(sock, query, history_hash)
     elif method == "blockchain.scripthash.get_history":
@@ -165,8 +167,8 @@ def handle_query(sock, line, rpc, txmonitor):
         history = txmonitor.get_electrum_history(scrhash)
         if history == None:
             history = []
-            logger.warning("address scripthash history not known to server: "
-                + scrhash)
+            logger.warning("Address history not known to server, " +
+                "hash(address) = " + scrhash)
         send_response(sock, query, history)
     elif method == "server.ping":
         send_response(sock, query, None)