I'm trying to set up Electrum Personal Server alongside my Bitcoin Core node and Electrum wallet on my Mac.
I followed some tutorials to configure the files, but when I start EPS, I get these messages:
After a few seconds, an error pops up:
It’s odd because my wallet looks legacy, and the addresses showing up match those in the Electrum wallet, starting with 1.
I even generated new certificates like mentioned in a different thread, but the issue remains.
Has anyone faced this before and can help me sort it out?
Thanks!
Issues with Electrum Personal Server installation using Bitcoin Core
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gr3g.0rbitHero Member
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#2Jun 19, 2020, 11:20 AM
The issue is: the latest versions of Bitcoin Core don't create legacy wallets by default, so your EPS watching-only wallet created in Bitcoin Core is a descriptor wallet.
To circumvent that, close everything, start Bitcoin Core with --deprecatedrpc=create_bdb arg
Then create a new wallet with "disable_private_keys=true", "blank=true", "descriptors=false" and "load_on_startup=true" named args in createwallet command.
After that, set that legacy wallet's name in your EPS's "config.ini" file.
Note: Be careful on updating your Bitcoin Core in the future because release v29.0 will stop supporting legacy wallets.
Additional note for OP,
1. Electrum personal server (EPS) was last released about 2.5 years ago.
2. EPS is light and somewhat easier to use, but unconventional when you need to open/create more Electrum wallet since it require EPS to create new Bitcoin Core's wallet.dat file and rescan blockchain which take some time.
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