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
12 * The server code is open source. Anyone can run a server, removing
13 single points of failure concerns.
15 * The server knows which set of Bitcoin addresses belong to the same
16 wallet, which might raise concerns about anonymity. However, it should
17 be possible to write clients capable of using several servers.
22 1. patch and recompile the bitcoin daemon: see bitcoinrpc.cpp.diff and main.cpp.diff
24 2. install bitcoin-abe : https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe
26 3. install jsonrpclib: code.google.com/p/jsonrpclib/
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