diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f352086..d7ee69a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + # *insight API* *insight API* is an open-source bitcoin blockchain REST @@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ require certain information from the blockchain that bitcoind does not provide. A blockchain explorer front-end has been developed on top of *Insight API*. It can be downloaded at [Github Insight Repository](https://github.com/bitpay/insight). +## Warning + Insight file sync does not work with **bitcoind** v0.10 + In order to use Insigtht you must set the environment variable INSIGHT_FORCE_RPC_SYNC = 1 + We are working on `bitcore-node` to replace Insight-api. Check `bitcore-node` on [github](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node). ## Prerequisites @@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ bitcoind must be running and must have finished downloading the blockchain **bef * **NPM** - Node.js package manager, should be automatically installed when you get node.js. + ## Quick Install Check the Prerequisites section above before installing.