From 76e87f785acb3cf5976d71229c052f8e0fd7045a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Debernardini
<32387851+matthiasdebernardini@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 15:52:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md
Changing localhost to actual IP address, on macOS this doesn't get interpreted correctly and there is no error to show you how to fix it.
---
README.md | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cda95c3..928cd116 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ the Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC APIs as rust functions.
the json responses from the Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC APIs. bitcoincore-rpc depends on this.
# Usage
-Given below is an example of how to connect to the Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC for a Bitcoin Core node running on `localhost`
-and print out the hash of the latest block.
+Given below is an example of how to connect to the Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC for a Bitcoin Core node running on `localhost`
+and print out the hash of the latest block.
It assumes that the node has password authentication setup, the RPC interface is enabled at port `8332` and the node
is set up to accept RPC connections.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use bitcoincore_rpc::{Auth, Client, RpcApi};
fn main() {
- let rpc = Client::new("http://localhost:8332",
+ let rpc = Client::new("http://127.0.0.1:8332",
Auth::UserPass("<FILL RPC USERNAME>".to_string(),
"<FILL RPC PASSWORD>".to_string())).unwrap();
let best_block_hash = rpc.get_best_block_hash().unwrap();