Quote from: alomar on November 27, 2019, 01:34:32 AM

i'm connected to 7 different nodes at once. did i get my addy balances from all 7 and in what proportion? or did i just get them from electrum2.hodlister.co?

All your requests (ie. address balance history, sending transactions etc)... go through whatever is listed in "Server"... so, in your screenshot above "electrum2.hodlister.co" (also highlighted with a * in the node list).

The "nodes" you are connected to provide Blockheader information and help determine what Electrum considers to be the "longest chain" etc

Quote from: alomar on November 27, 2019, 01:07:09 AM

can one run an ElectrumX server with Bitcoin Core in prune mode?

Short answer... NO.

Longer Answer:

Quote from: https://electrumx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/HOWTO.html#prerequisites

You must to be running a non-pruning bitcoin daemon with:

Code:

txindex=1

set in its configuration file. If you have an existing installation of bitcoind and have not previously set this you will need to reindex the blockchain with:

Code:

bitcoind -reindex

which can take some time.

Also... try clicking the "?" buttons in Electrum... The "Status" one shows this:

The "Server" one shows this: