I am in a really irritating scenario. I used to run Bitcoin Core on Home windows, with out these issues, however ever since I switched to Linux (XFCE), and I in fact have Bitcoin Core (GUI) beginning mechanically, I am interrupted after like 5 minutes whereas typing/working by an indescribably annoying GUI field saying “Loading wallets…”. That is despite working it with -min to begin minimized and never trouble me. But it surely does anyway.
This has grow to be so annoying that I have been compelled to take away Bitcoin Core from beginning mechanically. As a substitute, I’ll open it solely after I actively must do a Bitcoin switch. However then a brand new drawback arises: the blockchain might be many months outdated after I lastly open it up, after which it has to sit down round for a very long time and sync the blockchain earlier than I can do something with it. Additionally, I can not use its RPC API if nothing is working.
So as an alternative I am now beginning bitcoind at boot, so that it’ll run within the background and not using a GUI and preserve the blockchain updated.
However now, there is a new drawback: if I begin Bitcoin Core (GUI) whereas bitcoind is working within the background, I get an error saying that it could’t get hold of a lock of the blocks dir or one thing alongside these strains. Clearly, it’s because bitcoind is already engaged on the block dir.
I can “resolve” this by first working a script which calls the RPC API with the “cease” command, in order that bitcoind shuts down safely (killing the method just isn’t protected). Then I will open Bitcoin Core (GUI) and begin utilizing it.
However, as you possibly can think about, that is something however a really perfect scenario. I now should each bear in mind to not simply begin the Bitcoin Core (GUI) program after I want it, but additionally to first dig up and run that script to first shut down bitcoind. After which, after I am performed in Bitcoin Core (GUI), I must shut it down and once more begin bitcoind to return to the identical state as earlier than. It simply makes my pores and skin crawl.
Is there some hidden choice I can ship when opening Bitcoin Core (GUI) in order that as an alternative of attempting to run its personal stuff, it simply “hooks into” the prevailing bitcoind?