1 Electrum - server for the Electrum client
4 Author: thomasv@gitorious
9 * The server uses a patched version of the Bitcoin daemon that can
10 forward transactions, and bitcoin-abe * The server code is open
11 source. Anyone can run a server, removing single points of failure
14 * The server knows which set of Bitcoin addresses belong to the same
15 wallet, which might raise concerns about anonymity. However, it should
16 be possible to write clients capable of using several servers.
21 1. patch and recompile the bitcoin daemon - bitcoinrpc.diff
23 2. install bitcoin-abe : https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe
25 3. download bitcoin-python: https://github.com/laanwj/bitcoin-python
26 patch it with bitcoinrpc_connection.py.diff
28 4. launch the server: nohup python -u server.py > /var/log/electrum.log &
30 5. if you have a webserver, you can use electrum.php to forward http requests to the server
34 You do not want to run bitcoin-abe and the server simultaneously, because they will both try to update the database.
35 If you want bitcoin-abe to be available on your website, run it with the --no-update option