-Electrum - a lightweight Bitcoin client and its server
+Electrum - lightweight Bitcoin client
Licence: GNU GPL v3
Author: thomasv@gitorious
Language: Python
+Homepage: http://ecdsa.org/electrum
-Main features:
-
-Client:
- * The client uses a deterministic wallet; if the wallet is lost, it can be recovered from its passphrase.
- * The client does not download the Bitcoin blockchain; it requests that information from the server
- * The client does not send its private keys to the server.
- * The client does not need to open a port, it simply polls the server for updates.
-
-Server:
- * The server uses a patched version of the Bitcoin daemon that can forward transactions, and bitcoin-abe
- * 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, which might raise concerns about anonymity.
-However, it should be possible to write clients capable of using several servers.
-
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-INSTALLATION
-
-Client:
-1. install python-ecdsa and pycrypto:
- * sudo easy_install ecdsa
- * sudo easy_install pycrypto
-2. run the client:
- python electrum
-
-Server:
-
-1. patch and recompile the bitcoin daemon - bitcoinrpc.diff
-2. install bitcoin-abe : https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe
-3. install bitcoinrpc : https://gitorious.org/python-bitcoin
- patch it too, see bitcoinrpc_connection.py.diff
-4. launch the server: python server.py
+
+== INSTALL ==
+
+ sudo python setup.py install
+
+
+== RUN ==
+
+To start Electrum in GUI mode, type:
+
+ electrum
+
+== HELP ==
+
+Up-to-date information and documentation is on the wiki:
+https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum
+
+
+== HOW OFFICIAL PACKAGES ARE CREATED ==
+
+python mki18n.py
+pyrcc4 icons.qrc -o lib/icons_rc.py
+python setup.py sdist --format=zip,gztar
+
+
+== BROWSER CONFIGURATION ==
+
+see http://ecdsa.org/bitcoin_URIs.html
git://git.novaco.in / electrum-nvc.git / blobdiff