From 2979598989659601ed2c711d1ffa2034d44e2a2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ovidiu Constantin Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:33:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * HOWTO fix and clarification. --- server/HOWTO | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/server/HOWTO b/server/HOWTO index 42f91a34..842c87b6 100644 --- a/server/HOWTO +++ b/server/HOWTO @@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ $ $EDITOR ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf rpcuser= rpcpassword= + daemon=1 -$ bitcoind & +$ bitcoind Allow some time to pass, so bitcoind connects to the network and starts downloading blocks. You can check its progress by running: @@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ Abe will now start to import blocks. You will see a lot of lines like this: 'blo Listening on http://localhost:2750 -It means the blockchain is imported and you can exit Abe by pressing CTRL-C. +It means the blockchain is imported and you can exit Abe by pressing CTRL-C. You will not need to run Abe again after this step, Electrum server will update the blockchain by itsself. We only used Abe because it is much faster for the initial import. Important notice: This is a *very* long process. Even on fast machines you can expect it to take hours. Here are some benchmarks for importing ~159.400 blocks (size of the Bitcoin blockchain at the time of this writing):