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How do I setup an Esplora instance for local testing
Here is an example if using Polar.
cargo run --release --bin electrs -- -vvvv --daemon-dir ~/.polar/networks/1/volumes/bitcoind/backend1/ --network=regtest
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How do I setup an Esplora instance for local testing
To setup a local instance running in the regtest network, you basically just have to run bitcoind -regtest as usual, and then follow the instructions given by the electrs installation instructions:
$ ...
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I think I was victim of a sybil attack
It sounds to me like you are either running a compromised version of Bitcoin Core (https://bitcoincore.org/) or Electrum (https://electrum.org/) or your laptop is compromised. A sybil attack is when ...
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SPV wallet connecting to personal bitcoin node
How does a mobile SPV wallet actually talk to the bitcoin network, and can I make my mobile SPV wallet talk to my bitcoin code node only?
SPV nodes store only block headers which have the merkle root ...
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Interfacing with fulcrum personal server
Enabling TCP over port 50001 with tcp = 0.0.0.0:50001 in the fulcrum.conf file fixed the issue.
I removed admin = 8000 in the fulcrum.conf file, as it is not needed.
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How does electrum interact with the underlying bitcoind service?
Electrum Server is a fancy abstraction on top of bitcoind and a custom index of UTXO data. Client wallets connect to it and send queries for details about their wallet, using its own index Electrum ...
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Running Electrum wallet and full node on Windows. How to configure SSL with self-signed certificate
I almost deleted the question - but the answer maybe of use to others.
I have Bitcoin Core running as a Windows app, I have Electrum wallet running as a Windows app, but have Electrum server running ...
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How do I copy the electrs index to a new node without it having to reindex?
I tried it and the answer is that indeed copying the directory does work, so it didn't need to reindex the whole thing.
There's also the same answer online that I found on github:
https://github.com/...
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Local Esplora Not Compiling on Clean `new-index` Branch
There were several steps I was able to take to resolve this at the expense of the librocksdb-oldcpu feature and optional dependency.
Remove librocksdb-oldcpu dependency and feature
Upgrade librocksdb ...
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Issues Installing Electrum Personal Server with Sparrow and Bitcoin Core
switching to an Electrum wallet is a good choice. However, you should change the certificates in the Electrum personal server as they are outdated from March.
generate new certificates as follows:
cd ...
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Must a lightweight wallet be connected to the same servers that were used years ago to receive money
my real question is when i go try and get back in my wallets do i need to be on the same path and server as when i did the actual transactions?
It probably depends on what wallet you were using. ...
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How can one query the mempool of an Electrum server?
I don't think this is possible. See the protocol methods list.
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What do electrumx peers do for the electrum server?
There are few minor reasons why this might to useful for an electrum server:
Knowing what block height / protocol version other peers are operating via features advertised by peers to verify network ...
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Electrum Server running. Now what?
Here is the protocol: https://electrumx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/protocol.html. If get_mempool serves your use-case then you may use it. You may need to experiment with it to find what is more ...
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