Electrum server on Windows: Fulcrum

[NeuroticFish]

This needs imho a bump, hence I'll add an update of my situation.


Something bad has happened to my computer. Somehow a Windows update managed to make my Windows no longer start, no matter what I've tried. This means I had to reinstall and this means that I've lost my WSL / Linux under Windows along with what was installed there (an Electrs server).
After reinstalling Windows I've given Fulcrum another chance - it has a proper Windows exe after all - and right now I'm using only Fulcrum.

Some more details: during the past months I've also played with cables and I guess that one was not too good, the data from my external HDD got corrupted. That was the blockchain and the Electrs data. For quick block download I've set up all I've could to SSD and this was also an eye opener.

In my old setup Fulcrum was too slow simply because I've been using it from the external HDD (hats off, Electrs managed to behave well even in that setup). On SSD Fulcrum runs just fine.

My current setup has for Bitcoin data 3 folders symlink-ed to SSD (blocks\index, chainstate, indexes) and also Fulcrum.conf contains for datadir a folder on SSD. The total now taken on SSD is 204 GB, which I can manage. And with this setup it all runs just fine. Keep in mind that while bitcoind I run almost every time I open my computer, Fulcrum I open only when I need to open my Electrum, which is not that often. Still, it's okay.

So if you are under Windows and have some space on SSD, Fulcrum is definitely an option to consider for electrum server.