From c0aa3bf4c07c445f754639dfe7643b2758699848 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eagle[TM] Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 01:45:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] HOWTO: recommended bitcoind settings / restarts --- HOWTO.md | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md index a847427..fc5bdf0 100644 --- a/HOWTO.md +++ b/HOWTO.md @@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ it for crashes and then restart the server. Weekly restarts should be fine for m If your server gets a lot of traffic and you have a limited amount of RAM you may need to restart more often. +Two more things for you to consider: +1. To increase security you may want to close bitcoind for incoming connections and connect outbound only +2. Consider restarting bitcoind (together with electrum-server) on a weekly basis to clear out unconfirmed + transactions from the local the memory pool which did not propagate over the network + ### Step 11. (Finally!) Run Electrum server The magic moment has come: you can now start your Electrum server: -- 1.7.1