Introduce MAX_HIST environment variable.

2016-11-24 23:30:40 +09:00
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@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ in ElectrumX are very cheap - they consume about 100 bytes of memory
 each and are processed efficiently.  I feel the defaults are low and
 encourage you to raise them.

+MAX_HIST         - maximum number of historical transactions to serve for an
+                   address.  The current Electrum protocol requires
+                   address histories be served en-masse or not at all,
+                   an obvious avenue for abuse.  This limit is a stop-gap
+                   until the protocol is improved to admit incremental
+                   history requests.  The default value is 2,000 which is
+                   I feel is low.  Increasing to around 10,000 is probably
+                   fine but beyond that experimental.
 MAX_SUBS         - maximum number of address subscriptions across all
                   sessions.  Defaults to 250,000.
 MAX_SESSION_SUBS - maximum number of address subscriptions permitted to a