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<p>If you're getting errors when doing address lookups, it's probably because of your Electrum server backend.</p><p>Mempool uses an Electrum server to do address lookups. There are several implementations of the Electrum server protocol, and Mempool can use any of them, but the implementation you use affects performance:</p><ol><li><a href="https://github.com/romanz/electrs" target="_blank">romanz/electrs</a>. This is a common choice for its low resource requirements, and most full-node distros use it. But while this implementation works great for basic queries, it will struggle with heavier ones (e.g. looking up addresses with many transactions)—especially when running on low-power hardware like a Raspberry Pi.</li><li><a href="https://github.com/cculianu/Fulcrum" target="_blank">Fulcrum</a>. Fulcrum requires more resources than romanz/electrs but it can still run on a Raspberry Pi, and it handles heavy queries much more efficiently. If you're having issues with romanz/electrs, Fulcrum is worth a try.</li><li><a href="https://github.com/Blockstream/electrs" target="_blank">blockstream/electrs</a>. If you have stronger hardware, consider running Blockstream's electrs implementation. It's the backend mempool.space uses, and is also what powers blockstream.info.</li></ol>
<p>If you're getting errors when doing address lookups, it's probably because of your Electrum server backend.</p><p>Mempool uses an Electrum server to do address lookups. There are several implementations of the Electrum server protocol, and Mempool can use any of them, but the implementation you use affects performance:</p><ol><li><a href="https://github.com/romanz/electrs" target="_blank">romanz/electrs</a>. This is a common choice for its low resource requirements, and most full-node distros use it. But while this implementation works great for basic queries, it will struggle with heavier ones (e.g. looking up addresses with many transactions)—especially when running on low-power hardware like a Raspberry Pi.</li><li><a href="https://github.com/cculianu/Fulcrum" target="_blank">Fulcrum</a>. Fulcrum requires more resources than romanz/electrs but it can still run on a Raspberry Pi, and it handles heavy queries much more efficiently. If you're having issues with romanz/electrs, Fulcrum is worth a try.</li><li><a href="https://github.com/mempool/electrs" target="_blank">mempool/electrs</a>. If you have stronger hardware, you could consider running mempool/electrs, the backend that powers mempool.space. It's a fork of Blockstream's Esplora, which is in turn a fork of romanz/electrs, intended for maximum performance and larger-scale deployments.</li></ol>
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