From 48af04a5ad855c446f7244cba5cb67bc6a85dc59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: openoms Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:08:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] imporve electrumx instructions --- electrumx.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/electrumx.md b/electrumx.md index 59dd829..ae1b1cc 100644 --- a/electrumx.md +++ b/electrumx.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This is a rought overview, the guide is work in progress. Tested environments: - * X86_64 Xeon E5 with 16GB RAM and SSD storage + * X86_64 Xeon E5 with 16GB RAM and SSD storage - estimated to sync in 5 days * bulding the database on a Raspberry Pi will likely take weeks ## Prepare the system and directories @@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ sudo chown -R electrumx:electrumx /home/electrumx/.electrumx ``` ## Create a config file -https://electrumx-spesmilo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/environment.html -Can paste the thsi as a block, but fill in the PASSWORD_B (Bitcoin Core RPC password) +* https://electrumx-spesmilo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/environment.html +* Can paste the this as a block to create the coinfig file, but fill in the PASSWORD_B (Bitcoin Core RPC password) +* the ports 50010 and 50011 are used to not interfere with a possible Electrs instance ``` echo "\ DB_DIRECTORY=/home/electrumx/.electrumx/db @@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ DONATION_ADDRESS=your-donation-address ``` ## Create a systemd service -https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/systemd/electrumx.service +* https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/systemd/electrumx.service +* Can paste the this as a block to create the electrumx.service file ``` echo "\ [Unit] @@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ sudo journalctl -fu electrumx sudo systemctl status electrumx ``` -## Remove user and installation (not the database) +## Remove the electrumx user and installation (not the database) ``` sudo systemctl disable electrumx sudo systemctl stop electrumx