Since it creates its own index, is there a reason why I should “carry” the entire blockchain?
It builds the index from the bitcoind blockchain, hence why you need it.
I don't think you can use systemd with WSL... you can however use it with WSL
2:
https://gist.github.com/djfdyuruiry/6720faa3f9fc59bfdf6284ee1f41f950note that systemd is not entirely necessary to use ElectrumX... it's just a method for setting it up as a background service and autostart etc. You should be able to just "run" ElectrumX assuming you have the config etc setup correctly.
Exactly. If you want simple setup, you can use
cronjob to ensure
electrumx run after boot. If you don't know how to do it, you just need to run command
crontab -e and add this line after
crontab open the text editor
@reboot /path/to/electrumx/executable
And if you want to stop the process, you can use
kill command and send SIGINT command.
kill -2 [PID of electrumx]