From 7df8bccd729258a1fc46accaeebe7dad6298d488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: moneroexamples Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:25:02 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] readme updated --- README.md | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4aade9c..e979768 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Clearnet versions: - [https://xmrchain.net/](https://xmrchain.net/) - https enabled, most popular and very stable. - [https://monerohash.com/explorer/](https://monerohash.com/explorer/) - nice looking one, https enabled. - [http://explore.MoneroWorld.com](http://explore.moneroworld.com) - same as the second one. - - [https://explorer.xmr.my/](https://explorer.xmr.my/) - https enabled. + - [https://explorer.xmr.my/](https://explorer.xmr.my/) - nice looking one, https enabled. - [https://explorer.monero-otc.com/](https://explorer.monero-otc.com/) - https enabled. - [http://monerochain.com/](http://monerochain.com/) - JSON API based, multiple nodes. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ i2p users (main Monero network) - down for now: - [http://monerotools.i2p](http://monerotools.i2p) -Alternative Monero block explorers: +Alternative block explorers: - [http://moneroblocks.info](http://moneroblocks.info/) - [https://monerobase.com](https://monerobase.com/) @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ The key features of the Onion Monero Blockchain Explorer are: - the only explorer showing number of amount output indices, - the only explorer supporting Monero testnet network, - the only explorer providing tx checker and pusher for online pushing of transactions, - - the only explorer able to estimate possible spendings based on address and viewkey. + - the only explorer able to estimate possible spendings based on address and viewkey, + - the only explorer that can provide total amount of all miner fees. ## Compilation on Ubuntu 16.04 @@ -221,12 +222,18 @@ This flag will enable emission monitoring thread. When started, the thread will initially scan the entire blockchain, and calculate the cumulative emission based on each block. Since it is a separate thread, the explorer will work as usual during this time. Every 10000 blocks, the thread will save current emission in a file, by default, - in `~/.bitmonero/lmdb/emission_amount.txt`. This file is used so that we don't + in `~/.bitmonero/lmdb/emission_amount.txt`. For testnet network, + it is `~/.bitmonero/testnet/lmdb/emission_amount.txt`. This file is used so that we don't need to rescan entire blockchain whenever the explorer is restarted. When the explorer restarts, the thread will first check if `~/.bitmonero/lmdb/emission_amount.txt` is present, read its values, and continue from there if possible. Subsequently, only the initial use of the tread is time consuming. Once the thread scans the entire blockchain, it updates - the emission amount using new blocks as they come. + the emission amount using new blocks as they come. Since the explorer writes this file, there can + be only one instance of it running for mainnet and testnet. Thus, for example, you cant have + two explorers for mainnet + running at the same time, as they will be trying to write and read the same file at the same time, + leading to unexpected results. Off course having one instance for mainnet and one instance for testnet + is fine, as they write to different files. When the emission monitor is enabled, information about current emission of coinbase and fees is displayed on the front page, e.g., :