03653 - 3mo
Anyone have a desktop software on-chain wallet that will use my node for information only? I wanted to use sparrow but it requires using the wallet feature of core which I do not use. #asknostr
010df - 3mo
Since when? I use sparrow querying my node for wallets that aren't my core install.
What do you mean? If it helps I learned the hard way, glossing right over the detail in the docs. smh, sorry Craig :) https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/issues/1797
Um. I'm not sure there. Without poking my node, my answer would be having the wallet enabled in core is different than using that wallet for funds. If it must be enabled according to Craig then I assume mine is enabled. I'm 100% certain that seed has no funds.
Wallet is enabled by default on core. I can't even get it to connect to my node without the wallet feature enabled as seen in that issue.
Enabled by default... Are you saying you disabled it? Why? Again, having wallet enabled on core is very different from pulling a Luke Dashjr and keeping sats there.
Yes, it's enabled by default, I purposely disable it. Number of reasons, but number 1 is, my secret keys should not be in the same address space as any networking code, let alone networking code that talks to completely un-trusted networks all day long. My node is sitting in it's own dmz network behind a dozen other protections. Given the opportunity to disable software features I don't use, I will disable them. I'm sure Sparrow uses the watchaddress (or something like that) rpc call, as it's easy and somewhat fast. I was hoping he'd use the getutxoset rpc call instead and cache the results. You don't need to use the wallet function to see UTXO's with core.
Point is, the wallet feature does not need to be enabled to use core as a database of bitcoin information, just a little more leg work and probably worse UI, but at least it's guaranteed to be idempotent. enabling the wallet feature means my node is nolonger "read-only"
semisol @semisol - 3mo
Sparrow with self hosted electrum
It only has the wallet xpub watch-only keys. Not private keys
I guess I'm still stuck on use what I have though, like scanutxoset still works...
Also the only electrum server implementation that's had developer activity that I've found/saved was electrs. That said, also requires _another_ copy of the blockchain :/
Thank you I haven't seen that option, it was really hard to tell what's "official/reference".
