X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=b5df481a431e94bcf8efc7ad0aba9ccba9456c23;hb=9aee581ec251daf4b8086d44c3c2d727cb02bd04;hp=ebee0dba651d215a4d30071032c9cf375c6be614;hpb=e16e057ad87cb2607b4b3c9cd426a98774b1bc04;p=electrum-server.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ebee0db..b5df481 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,14 +1,13 @@ Electrum-server for the Electrum client ========================================= - * Author: thomasv@gitorious + * Author: thomasv@bitcointalk * Language: Python Features -------- - * The server uses a patched version of the Bitcoin daemon that can forward - transactions, and bitcoin-abe. + * The server uses a bitcoind and bitcoin-abe or a leveldb backend. * The server code is open source. Anyone can run a server, removing single points of failure concerns. * The server knows which set of Bitcoin addresses belong to the same wallet, @@ -18,9 +17,9 @@ Features Installation ------------ - 1. Patch and recompile bitcoin: see `patches/` for any necessary patches. + 1. To install and run a pruning server (easiest setup) see README.leveldb 2. Install [bitcoin-abe](https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe). - 3. Install [jsonrpclib](https://code.google.com/p/jsonrpclib/). + 3. Install [jsonrpclib](https://github.com/joshmarshall/jsonrpclib). 4. Launch the server: `nohup python -u server.py > /var/log/electrum.log &` or use the included `start` script.