From ba585d0888aa439de35d296ec5a0c8186d973675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Hrycyszyn Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:12:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Noted the (dis-)use of Electrum client --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0e4ce90..45d7356 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -73,3 +73,5 @@ cargo run -- btc You'll need to have funded the "dave" address prior to running the `btc` command - otherwise the transfer will fail gracefully. I was using this primarily as a way to experiment with constructing and broadcasting Bitcoin transactions, with the hope that it would be possible to move on to more advanced constructions (e.g. state channels). However, now that I look at all the options, it seems that multi-party state channels in Bitcoin are (probably) impossible to construct. + +There is a second, unused Bitcoin client in place which uses Blockstream's Electrum server, but this didn't seem to be working properly with respect to Signet Bitcoin network during my testing, so I went with the esplora / Mutiny version instead.