From b5d8cde6fc488d182349c54fd1a629bf6b980a8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Bolser Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:58:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: update README to indicate tx index is no longer required for full node backends --- docs/INSTALL.md | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md index b2d695ab..d6ab5def 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL.md +++ b/docs/INSTALL.md @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ make btcd Running the following command will create `rpc.cert` and default `btcd.conf`. ``` -btcd --testnet --txindex --rpcuser=REPLACEME --rpcpass=REPLACEME +btcd --testnet --rpcuser=REPLACEME --rpcpass=REPLACEME ``` If you want to use `lnd` on testnet, `btcd` needs to first fully sync the testnet blockchain. Depending on your hardware, this may take up to a few @@ -207,9 +207,7 @@ prefixed by `litecoind`. To configure your bitcoind backend for use with lnd, first complete and verify the following: -- The `bitcoind` instance must be configured with `--txindex` just like `btcd` - above -- Additionally, since `lnd` uses +- Since `lnd` uses [ZeroMQ](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/zmq.md) to interface with `bitcoind`, *your `bitcoind` installation must be compiled with ZMQ*. Note that if you installed `bitcoind` from source and ZMQ was not present, @@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ the following: Here's a sample `bitcoin.conf` for use with lnd: ``` testnet=1 -txindex=1 server=1 daemon=1 zmqpubrawblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332