From 88735258315117eccbd9bedad45ef92ddd31710b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Deirdre Connolly Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 03:09:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Suggest making sure the RPC endpoint is enabled for checkpointing (#6375) * Suggest making sure the RPC endpoint is enabled for checkpointing * Add link to installing zcash-cli via package repo --- zebra-consensus/src/checkpoint/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/checkpoint/README.md b/zebra-consensus/src/checkpoint/README.md index b811e542..c79943c2 100644 --- a/zebra-consensus/src/checkpoint/README.md +++ b/zebra-consensus/src/checkpoint/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Or jump straight to [the exact commands for updating the lists](https://github.c ### Use the `zebra-checkpoints` utility -`zebra-checkpoints` is the program we use to collect checkpoints. Currently this program uses `zcash-cli` to get the hashes. `zcash-cli` must be available in your machine and it must be connected to a synchronized (Mainnet or Testnet) instance of `zebrad` or `zcashd` to get the most recent hashes. +`zebra-checkpoints` is the program we use to collect checkpoints. Currently this program uses `zcash-cli` to get the hashes. `zcash-cli` must be available in your machine and it must be connected to a synchronized (Mainnet or Testnet) instance of `zebrad` or `zcashd` to get the most recent hashes. Make sure your `zebrad` or `zcashd` is [listening for RPC requests](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/c0849ad8cb3aefe927e1735e586ce3c72d96d16c/zebra-rpc/src/config.rs#L29). If you are on a Debian system, `zcash-cli` [can be installed as a package](https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/install_debian_bin_packages.html). First, [build the `zebra-checkpoints` binary](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/tree/main/zebra-utils/README.md#zebra-checkpoints).