<p>Make sure that the wallet is enabled in Bitcoin Core. Electrum Personal Server relies on the wallet. Check that you are not starting Bitcoin Core with <code>-disablewallet</code> or that <code>disablewallet=1</code> is not in your bitcoin.conf file.</p>

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2018-09-13T16:12:00.170Z
2018-09-13T16:12:00.170Z
Ava Chow
<p>when i run the rescan script i get the following output:</p>

<pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/rescan-script.py", line 71, in &lt;module&gt;
    main()
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/rescan-script.py", line 67, in main
    rpc.call("rescanblockchain", [height])
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/electrumpersonalserver/jsonrpc.py", line 58, in call
    raise JsonRpcError(response["error"])
electrumpersonalserver.jsonrpc.JsonRpcError: {'code': -32601, 'message': 'Method not found'}
</code></pre>

<p>I am very new to this, so please explain for beginners :).</p>

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2018-09-12T15:34:34.523Z
What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?
Ava Chow
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2018-09-13T00:59:26.647Z
Running "version": 160200
Alexx
<electrum><server>
Electrum personal server rescan-script.py
Alexx
# Electrum personal server rescan-script.py

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-12)

when i run the rescan script i get the following output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/rescan-script.py", line 71, in 
    main()
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/rescan-script.py", line 67, in main
    rpc.call("rescanblockchain", [height])
  File "/home/bitcoin/electrumserver/eps/electrumpersonalserver/jsonrpc.py", line 58, in call
    raise JsonRpcError(response["error"])
electrumpersonalserver.jsonrpc.JsonRpcError: {'code': -32601, 'message': 'Method not found'}

I am very new to this, so please explain for beginners :).

**Tags:** electrum, server

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?  
> **username_0**: Running "version": 160200  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-13. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Make sure that the wallet is enabled in Bitcoin Core. Electrum Personal Server relies on the wallet. Check that you are not starting Bitcoin Core with `-disablewallet` or that `disablewallet=1` is not in your bitcoin.conf file.


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