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Electrum server
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Add banner_update cmd to electrum-server #170

Closed pastly closed 8 years ago

pastly commented 8 years ago

cmd_banner_update already exists in run_electrum_server.py, but can't be called via the electrum-server script.

Adding this allows dynamically updating the banner through the familiar electrum-server interface without a full restart, which would cause a reconnection to IRC and downtime of ~5m.

Interesting ways to use a periodically updated banner: