Is there another software you would recommend? Just seen EPS talked about the most but open to other suggestions
I've only used
ElectrumX, it appears to be the most common server implementation. I've had it running for months without issue. Configuration options require a bit or research, but once it's set up it's pretty bullet proof. It requires a full node, unpruned, with
txindex turned on, so it'll require quite a bit of diskspace for the whole setup.
I didn't use EPS to connect to my node and let Electrum choose another server. This helped balances populate.
Doesn't this ruin the entire purpose of EPS? To prevent connecting to other electrum servers?
I suggested he do that merely as an experiment to determine if the issue was with his EPS configuration.