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
22 2. install bitcoin-abe : https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe
23 3. install bitcoinrpc : https://gitorious.org/python-bitcoin
24 patch it too, see bitcoinrpc_connection.py.diff
25 4. launch the server: nohup python -u server.py > /var/log/electrum.log &
27 5. if you have a webserver, you can use electrum.php to forward http requests to the server