Bitcoin Core vs Specter & Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet

[JulieRocx]

Hello all, the issues I faced trying to connect a local Bitcoin Core to Specter or Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet.



The issue concerns the authentification cookie that isn't detected by either software. I am able to do a quick setup using Specter, but it's slow.



Can anybody help a girl out? Even an alternative would help.

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[NeuroticFish]

I guess that you want to connect Sparrow to Core and not the reverse.
I've done that once in the past, I will try to help with what I remember/find. I may not be 100% accurate.

1. Read and follow https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/connect-node.html
2. Iirc if you want to use cookie, then you may have to not use user/password in bitcoin.conf
3. You may need server=1 in bitcoin.conf (also I usually start bitcoind, not the wallet)
4. You need a wallet created in the bitcoin data server. That wallet will be loaded into Sparrow too.

... and I think that this is all.


PS. With Specter I cannot help, I am not familiar with that, sorry.

[JulieRocx]

I 've already followed the guide https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/connect-node.html  but  the test always fails.
What does  Iirc mean ?

[NeuroticFish]

I 've already followed the guide https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/connect-node.html  but  the test always fails.
What does  Iirc mean ?

Iirc means "if I remember correctly".

I've checked now and made my (older) Sparrow connect to Bitcoin core, so I can give some more advises.
My blockchain is on g:\Blockchain, please adjust your path accordingly.

My bitcoin.conf looks like this:

Code:

txindex=1
server=1
dbcache=8000
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcallow=127.0.0.1

You probably don't need dbcache setting or have to set the correct value for your computer.
I don't know if you need txindex=1 (I think/hope that you don't need it) please set it only if nothing else works (I need it for other things, it needs a full rescan i.e. a lot of time, it takes some extra gigabytes on the HDD)

Something more. You may need to create a new wallet:

Code:

bitcoin-cli.exe -datadir=g:\blockchain createwallet sparry

And then in Sparrow it looks like this:

[JulieRocx]

Thank you , It was a simple directory problem. I just disabled thw wallet and than located the file and it works just fine.
Thank you for the help, XOXO

[goldashleyuk]

Because it is now no longer smooth to apply Bitcoin Core with a hardware pockets with out extra software. Specter is nice (have not examined Sparrow), it simply calls for Bitcoin Core at the identical system and one or  traces converting in the .config file, and voila - you've got got a (hardware) pockets related in your personal Bitcoin Core node.

[vv181]

"cannot find Bitcoin Core cookie file at XXXXXXXXX"

The cookie file is only available if Bitcoin Core already started. Are you sure the Bitcoin Core daemon already started?

You can also check directly the XXXXXXXXX/.cookie file path to see whether the cookie truly exists or not.

[Pocketchange]

"cannot find Bitcoin Core cookie file at XXXXXXXXX"

The cookie file is only available if Bitcoin Core already started. Are you sure the Bitcoin Core daemon already started?

You can also check directly the XXXXXXXXX/.cookie file path to see whether the cookie truly exists or not.

Thanks vv181 - i cannot locate the cookie file but i did enable the user/ pass function on the server window and that synced the wallet.
I don't know how that makes sense.

Thank you. Hopefully this helps someone out there.