From a08a3e7996bd7bb9e74dadd8f66e613bd3de3fc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rucknium Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 03:36:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify bitcoin.conf contents --- CashFusion-Descendant-Analysis/README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CashFusion-Descendant-Analysis/README.md b/CashFusion-Descendant-Analysis/README.md index d06d598..0a21c07 100644 --- a/CashFusion-Descendant-Analysis/README.md +++ b/CashFusion-Descendant-Analysis/README.md @@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ It is best to run the following script files successively in separate R sessions The [R/extract-tx-graphs.R](R/extract-tx-graphs.R) script file issues JSON-RPC queries to `bitcoind`, the Bitcoin Cash node daemon. Make sure `bitcoind` is running before initiating this script. -In the R script file you must set `bitcoin.conf.file` to the filepath of your bitcoin.conf file and `data.dir` to the directory where you want files to be stored. +In the R script file you must set `bitcoin.conf.file` to the filepath of your bitcoin.conf file and `data.dir` to the directory where you want files to be stored. Your bitcoin.conf file should contain these lines as a minimum: + +``` +testnet=0 +rpcuser= +rpcpassword= +``` + +Input and of your choice. The script spawns multiple R process threads to accelerate queries to `bitcoind` and will take several hours to execute. In the specified data directory, a set of files named `tx_graph_height_BEGIN _to_END.rds` will be created.