From 1969022cecc26cba188955213b3f53df62ddc45d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex <35992833+htims-xela@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 17:31:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs/INSTALL: update docs with more detailed info for ZMQ support --- docs/INSTALL.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md index 388012274..b2d695ab0 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL.md +++ b/docs/INSTALL.md @@ -212,10 +212,11 @@ the following: - Additionally, since `lnd` uses [ZeroMQ](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/zmq.md) to interface with `bitcoind`, *your `bitcoind` installation must be compiled with - ZMQ*. If you installed it from source, this is likely the case, but if you - installed it via Homebrew in the past it may not be included ([this has now - been fixed](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/23088) in the - latest Homebrew recipe for bitcoin) + ZMQ*. Note that if you installed `bitcoind` from source and ZMQ was not present, + then ZMQ support will be disabled, and `lnd` will quit on a `connection refused` error. + If you installed `bitcoind` via Homebrew in the past ZMQ may not be included + ([this has now been fixed](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/23088) + in the latest Homebrew recipe for bitcoin) - Configure the `bitcoind` instance for ZMQ with `--zmqpubrawblock` and `--zmqpubrawtx` (the latter is optional but allows you to see unconfirmed transactions in your wallet). They must be combined in the same ZMQ socket