Electrum-server for the Electrum client
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- * Author: thomasv@gitorious
+ * Author: thomasv@bitcointalk
* Language: Python
Features
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- * 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,
Installation
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- 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.