Electrs
Bitcoin Nodes
Electrs is a Rust-based Electrum server for Bitcoin that provides efficient blockchain indexing and SPV query capabilities for Electrum-compatible wallets. Developed by Blockstream, it is widely used in node packages such as Umbrel and RaspiBlitz. Electrs offers a lightweight, low-resource alternative to full Electrum server implementations.
Details
- Type
- Electrum server (Rust)
- Layer
- Bitcoin base layer
- Language
- Rust
- Developer
- Roman Zeyde
- Platforms
- linux, raspberry_pi
- Open Source
- Yes
- Bitcoin Only
- Yes
- Software Type
- electrum_server
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