From 5932b34a1ffb0baa8d18c13b7ae94e669cb8876b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Braydon Fuller <courier@braydon.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 11:43:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] bitcoind: set height when starting

---
 lib/services/bitcoind.js | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/services/bitcoind.js b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
index 8f864345..765a8550 100644
--- a/lib/services/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
@@ -266,14 +266,22 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
       pass: self.configuration.rpcpassword
     });
 
-    self.client.getInfo(function(err) {
+    self.client.getBestBlockHash(function(err, response) {
       if (err) {
         if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
           log.warn(err.message);
         }
         return done(new Error('Could not connect to bitcoind RPC'));
       }
-      done();
+      self.client.getBlock(response.result, function(err, response) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        self.height = response.result.height;
+        $.checkState(self.height >= 0);
+        self.emit('tip', self.height);
+        done();
+      });
     });
 
   }, function ready(err, result) {