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+# The Quick Start Guide to Electrum Rust Server
+
+### Prepare bitcoind
+
+In your bitcoin.conf (usually sitting in /home/username/.bitcoin) ensure you have the following:
+```
+rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
+rpcallowip=10.0.0.0/8
+rpcallowip=172.0.0.0/8
+rpcallowip=192.0.0.0/8
+rpcuser=bitcoin
+rpcpassword=bitcoin
+whitelist=127.0.0.1
+whitelist=download@127.0.0.1
+```
+Note: Be sure to restart your bitcoind instance for changes to take effect.
+Your rpcuser and rpcpassword can be set to whatever you want, I've used bitcoin/bitcoin here.
+
+
+### Prepare system to build electrs
+
+```
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install clang cmake build-essential
+```
+
+### Install latest version of Rust
+
+`curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh`
+
+### Download electrs
+
+In your home directory, download the electrs github repository and change directory into it.
+
+`cd ~`
+`git clone https://github.com/romanz/electrs`
+`cd electrs`
+
+### Build electrs
+
+`cargo build --locked --release`
+
+Wait a while, can take some time.
+
+### Configure electrs
+
+In the ~/electrs/doc folder, there is a config_example.toml file. We need to copy that into the electrs folder and rename it to electrs.toml. This can be done by:
+
+`cp ~/electrs/doc/config_example.toml ~/electrs/electrs.toml`
+
+Now we need to edit the electrs.toml file in the ~electrs directory.
+
+`nano ~/electrs/electrs.toml`
+
+Take a look at the one below, make the necessary adjustments to username/password/db directory/electrum_rpc_address. Notice I've changed `cookie_file` it to `auth = bitcoin:bitcoin` 
+
+```
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY - COPY IT FIRST!
+# If you edit this, you will cry a lot during update and will not want to live anymore!
+
+# This is an EXAMPLE of how configuration file should look like.
+# Do NOT blindly copy this and expect it to work for you!
+# If you don't know what you're doing consider using automated setup or ask an experienced friend.
+
+# This example contains only the most important settings.
+# See docs or electrs man page for advanced settings.
+
+# File where bitcoind stores the cookie, usually file .cookie in its datadir
+auth = "bitcoin:bitcoin"
+
+# The listening RPC address of bitcoind, port is usually 8332
+daemon_rpc_addr = "127.0.0.1:8332"
+
+# The listening P2P address of bitcoind, port is usually 8333
+daemon_p2p_addr = "127.0.0.1:8333"
+
+# Directory where the index should be stored. It should have at least 70GB of free space.
+db_dir = "/home/username/electrs/db"
+
+# bitcoin means mainnet. Don't set to anything else unless you're a developer.
+network = "bitcoin"
+
+# The address on which electrs should listen. Warning: 0.0.0.0 is probably a bad idea!
+# Tunneling is the recommended way to access electrs remotely.
+electrum_rpc_addr = "0.0.0.0:50001"
+
+# How much information about internal workings should electrs print. Increase before reporting a bug.
+verbose = 2
+```
+
+### Run electrs for the first time
+
+`cd ~/electrs`
+`./target/release/electrs`
+
+Electrs should connect successfully to your bitcoind and start creating an index of all transactions in the db_dir you nominated in the electrs.toml file. It will take a while. Let it run. There will be lots of logs being created in your terminal.
+
+You can stop at any time by pressing CTRL+C.
+
+### Autostart on boot
+
+First create the service file
+`sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/electrs.service`
+
+Copy and paste the below. Edit the 'username' accordingly.
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Electrs
+After=bitcoind.service
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/home/username/electrs
+ExecStart=/home/username/electrs/target/release/electrs
+User=username
+Group=username
+Type=simple
+KillMode=process
+TimeoutSec=60
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=60
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+CTRL+X then Y then ENTER to save and exit.
+
+`sudo systemctl enable electrs`
+`sudo systemctl start electrs`
+
+
+### Upgrading
+
+`cd ~/electrs`
+`git pull origin master`
+`sudo systemctl stop electrs`
+`cargo build --locked --release`
+`sudo systemctl start electrs`