Electrum client running as a daemon in docker container with JSON-RPC enabled.
Electrum client is light bitcoin wallet software operates through supernodes (Electrum server instances actually).
Don't confuse with Electrum server that use bitcoind and full blockchain data.
Star this project on Docker Hub 🌟 https://hub.docker.com/r/osminogin/electrum-daemon/
7777- JSON-RPC port.
/data- usually on host it has a path/home/user/.electrum.
Running with Docker:
docker run --rm --name electrum-daemon \
--publish 127.0.0.1:7777:7777 \
--volume /srv/electrum:/data \
osminogin/electrum-daemondocker exec -it electrum-daemon electrum create
docker exec -it electrum-daemon electrum load_wallet
docker exec -it electrum-daemon electrum daemon
{
"auto_connect": true,
"blockchain_height": 505136,
"connected": true,
"fee_per_kb": 427171,
"path": "/home/electrum/.electrum",
"server": "us01.hamster.science",
"server_height": 505136,
"spv_nodes": 10,
"version": "3.0.6",
"wallets": {
"/home/electrum/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet": true
}
}Take a look at docker-compose.yml to see how this is setup. When running in production, you can use this as a guide.
docker-compose up
docker-compose exec electrum electrum daemon status
docker-compose exec electrum electrum create
docker-compose exec electrum electrum load_wallet
curl --data-binary '{"id":"1","method":"listaddresses"}' http://electrum:electrumz@localhost:7000❗Warning❗
Always link electrum daemon to containers or bind to localhost directly and not expose 7000 port for security reasons.
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