From 3c336f83c39fe77ac4cb26f2efd3f2ec262cf0ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ThomasV Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:44:46 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] no more patch --- HOWTO.md | 21 ++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md index 5ac4397..ac0cd48 100644 --- a/HOWTO.md +++ b/HOWTO.md @@ -97,21 +97,11 @@ our ~/bin directory: $ chmod +x ~/src/electrum/server/server.py $ ln -s ~/src/electrum/server/server.py ~/bin/electrum-server -### Step 3. Download Bitcoind stable & patch it - -In order for the latest versions of Electrum to work properly we currently recommend bitcoind 0.8.5 stable. -0.8.5 can be downloaded from github or sourceforge and it needs to be patched with an electrum specific patch. -bitcoin@master i.e. git head may not currently work with electrum-server even if the patch applies cleanly. - - $ 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 - $ patch -p1 < ~/src/electrum/server/patch/patch - $ cd 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 +### Step 3. Download Bitcoind + +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. ### Step 4. Configure and start bitcoind @@ -127,6 +117,7 @@ Write this in `bitcoin.conf`: rpcuser= rpcpassword= daemon=1 + txindex=1 Restart `bitcoind`: -- 1.7.1