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@@ -101,18 +101,18 @@ our ~/bin directory:
 
 Older versions of Electrum used to require a patched version of bitcoind. 
 This is not the case anymore since bitcoind supports the 'txindex' option.
-We currently recommend bitcoind 0.8.5 stable.
+We currently recommend bitcoind 0.8.6 stable.
 
 If your package manager does not supply a recent bitcoind and prefer to compile
 here are some pointers for Ubuntu:
 
-    $ cd ~/src && wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.5/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux.tar.gz
-    $ tar xfz bitcoin-0.8.5-linux.tar.gz
-    $ cd bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/src/src
+    $ cd ~/src && wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux.tar.gz
+    $ tar xfz bitcoin-0.8.6-linux.tar.gz
+    $ cd bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src
     $ sudo apt-get install make g++ python-leveldb libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libdb++-dev 
     $ make USE_UPNP= -f makefile.unix
-    $ strip ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/src/src/bitcoind
-    $ ln -s ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/src/src/bitcoind ~/bin/bitcoind
+    $ strip ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src/bitcoind
+    $ ln -s ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src/bitcoind ~/bin/bitcoind
 
 ### Step 4. Configure and start bitcoind
 
@@ -291,20 +291,18 @@ Two more things for you to consider:
 
 The magic moment has come: you can now start your Electrum server:
 
-    $ electrum-server
+    $ start
 
 You should see this on the screen:
 
     starting Electrum server
     cache: yes
 
-If you want to stop Electrum server, open another shell and run:
+If you want to stop Electrum server, use the 'stop' script:
+
+    $ stop
 
-    $ electrum-server stop
 
-You should also take a look at the 'start' and 'stop' scripts in
-`~/src/electrum/server`. You can use them as a starting point to create a
-init script for your system.
 
 ### Step 13. Test the Electrum server