Tweaks

.github/workflows/test_book.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         cd counterparty-cli && pip install -e . && cd ..
     - name: Bootstrap testnet database
       run: |
-        counterparty-server --testnet bootstrap
+        counterparty-server --testnet bootstrap --no-confirm
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         cd counterparty-lib

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Then wait for your node to catch up with the network. Note: this process current
 
 # Manual Installation
 
+Counterparty Core can be installed on most platforms but, for now, manual installation is being tested and is only officially supported on Ubuntu 22.04 and MacOS.
+
 Dependencies:
 
 - Bitcoin Core

counterparty-cli/counterpartycli/server.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     [('--requests-timeout',), {'type': int, 'default': config.DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT, 'help': 'timeout value (in seconds) used for all HTTP requests (default: 5)'}],
 
     [('--force',), {'action': 'store_true', 'default': False, 'help': 'skip backend check, version check, process lock (NOT FOR USE ON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS)'}],
+    [('--no-confirm',), {'action': 'store_true', 'default': False, 'help': 'don\'t ask for confirmation'}],
     [('--database-file',), {'default': None, 'help': 'the path to the SQLite3 database file'}],
     [('--log-file',), {'nargs': '?', 'const': None, 'default': False, 'help': 'log to the specified file'}],
     [('--api-log-file',), {'nargs': '?', 'const': None, 'default': False, 'help': 'log API requests to the specified file'}],
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Bootstrapping
     if args.action == 'bootstrap':
-        server.bootstrap()
+        server.bootstrap(no_confirm=args.no_confirm)
 
     # PARSING
     elif args.action == 'reparse':

counterparty-lib/counterpartylib/server.py

@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
     connect_to_backend()
 
     if not os.path.exists(config.DATABASE) and catch_up == 'bootstrap':
-        bootstrap()
+        bootstrap(no_confirm=True)
 
     db = initialise_db()
 
@@ -615,7 +615,19 @@
     logger.debug('RPC: %s', cleaned_rpc_url)
 
 
-def bootstrap():
+def bootstrap(no_confirm=False):
+    warning_message = '''WARNING: `counterparty-server bootstrap` downloads a recent snapshot of a Counterparty database
+from a centralized server maintained by the Counterparty Core development team.
+Because this method does not involve verifying the history of Counterparty transactions yourself,
+the `bootstrap` command should not be used for mission-critical, commercial or public-facing nodes.
+        '''
+    cprint(warning_message, 'yellow')
+
+    if not no_confirm:
+        confirmation_message = colored('Continue? (y/N): ', "magenta")
+        if input(confirmation_message).lower() != 'y':
+            exit()
+
     data_dir = appdirs.user_data_dir(appauthor=config.XCP_NAME, appname=config.APP_NAME, roaming=True)
 
     # Set Constants.

release-notes/release-notes-v10.0.0.md

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Because this release includes numerous changes to the database schema, a full da
     * Isolate dispenser logic in `get_dispensers_outputs()` and `get_dispensers_tx_info()`
 * Activate check software version every 24H
 * Add the possibility to reparse from a given block on minor version change
+* Add Warning with Confirmation Dialogue to bootstrap Command and `--no-confirm` flag
 
 # Credits
 * Ouziel Slama