I know it refuses when its loading.
But does it refuse when it doesnt have the blockchain even after it finished loading but still downloading the chain?
I got the bitcoind client from git master, and accidentally messed up my blockchain. couldnt get p2pool to work. so i waited for it to sync and then it worked fine.
1:20:14.481000 p2pool.util.jsonrpc.Error: -10 Bitcoin is downloading blocks...
maybe its a specific call that fails...
so it actually doesnt refuse rpc
