#5190 increase BITCOIN_RPC_TIMEOUT (#5196)

* specter config fixes
* fix password format
* specter update to 2.1.1 with sqlalchemy>=1.4,<2.0
* run bonus.specter.sh config on passwordB change
* add CHANGES info

CHANGES.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Update: Bitcoin Core v29.2 [details](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-29.2.md)
 - Update: Electrum Server in Rust (electrs) v0.10.10 [details](https://github.com/romanz/electrs/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#01010-jul-19-2025)
 - Update: AlbyHub v1.20.0 [details](https://github.com/getAlby/hub/releases/tag/v1.20.0)
+- Update: Specter Desktop 2.1.1 [details](https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v2.1.1)
 - Update: Fulcrum Electrum server v2.1.0 [details](https://github.com/cculianu/Fulcrum/releases/tag/v2.1.0)
 - Update: Bitcoin Knots 29.2 (optional) [details](https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/releases/tag/v29.2.knots20251010)
 

ci/amd64/debian/build.amd64-debian.pkr.hcl

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # images, checksums and signatures are at:
 # https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/
-variable "iso_name" { default = "debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso" }
-variable "iso_checksum" { default = "658b28e209b578fe788ec5867deebae57b6aac5fce3692bbb116bab9c65568b3" }
+variable "iso_name" { default = "debian-13.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso" }
+variable "iso_checksum" { default = "677c4d57aa034dc192b5191870141057574c1b05df2b9569c0ee08aa4e32125d" }
 
 variable "pack" { default = "lean" }
 variable "github_user" { default = "raspiblitz" }

home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.passwords.sh

@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ elif [ "${abcd}" = "b" ]; then
     sudo systemctl restart elementsd.service
   fi
 
+  # specter
+  if [ "${specter}" == "on" ]; then
+    echo "# changing the password for specter"
+    sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/bonus.specter.sh config
+  fi
+
   echo "# OK -> RPC Password B changed"
   sleep 3
 

home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.publicpool.sh

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ BITCOIN_RPC_URL=http://127.0.0.1
 BITCOIN_RPC_USER=$RPC_USER
 BITCOIN_RPC_PASSWORD=$RPC_PASS
 BITCOIN_RPC_PORT=8332
-BITCOIN_RPC_TIMEOUT=10000
+BITCOIN_RPC_TIMEOUT=20000
 API_PORT=${PORT_API}
 STRATUM_PORT=${PORT_STRATUM}
 POOL_IDENTIFIER=raspiblitz

home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.specter.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop
 
-pinnedVersion="2.0.5"
+pinnedVersion="2.1.1"
 
 # command info
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
@@ -119,15 +119,33 @@ function configure_specter {
     torOnly="false"
     tor_control_port=""
   fi
+
+  # Set the active node alias based on the chain
+  # Always use raspiblitz_${chain}net format, never "default"
+  active_alias="raspiblitz_${chain}net"
+
+  # Get Bitcoin RPC credentials early to use for Specter auth
+  echo "# Getting Bitcoin RPC credentials"
+  RPCUSER=$(sudo cat /mnt/hdd/app-data/${network}/${network}.conf | grep rpcuser | cut -c 9-)
+  PASSWORD_B=$(sudo cat /mnt/hdd/app-data/${network}/${network}.conf | grep rpcpassword | cut -c 13-)
+
+  # Hash the password for Specter using Specter's own hash_password function
+  # Use Specter's virtual environment to access the user module
+  PASSWORD_JSON=$(sudo -u specter /home/specter/.env/bin/python3 -c "
+import json
+from cryptoadvance.specter.user import hash_password
+print(json.dumps(hash_password('${PASSWORD_B}')))
+")
+
   cat >/home/admin/config.json <<EOF
 {
     "auth": {
-        "method": "rpcpasswordaspin",
+        "method": "passwordonly",
         "password_min_chars": 6,
         "rate_limit": 10,
         "registration_link_timeout": 1
     },
-    "active_node_alias": "raspiblitz_${chain}net",
+    "active_node_alias": "${active_alias}",
     "proxy_url": "${proxy}",
     "only_tor": "${torOnly}",
     "tor_control_port": "${tor_control_port}",
@@ -139,56 +157,52 @@ EOF
   sudo mv /home/admin/config.json /home/specter/.specter/config.json
   sudo chown -RL specter:specter /home/specter/
 
-  echo "# Adding the raspiblitz_${chain}net node to Specter"
-  RPCUSER=$(sudo cat /mnt/hdd/app-data/${network}/${network}.conf | grep rpcuser | cut -c 9-)
-  PASSWORD_B=$(sudo cat /mnt/hdd/app-data/${network}/${network}.conf | grep rpcpassword | cut -c 13-)
+  # Create the users.json file with admin user (Specter's format)
+  cat >/home/admin/users.json <<EOF
+[
+    {
+        "id": "admin",
+        "username": "admin",
+        "password": ${PASSWORD_JSON},
+        "is_admin": true,
+        "jwt_tokens": {},
+        "encrypted_user_secret": null,
+        "services": []
+    }
+]
+EOF
+  sudo mv /home/admin/users.json /home/specter/.specter/users.json
+  sudo chown specter:specter /home/specter/.specter/users.json
 
-  echo "# Connect Specter to the default mainnet node"
-  cat >/home/admin/default.json <<EOF
+  echo "# Adding the raspiblitz_${chain}net node to Specter"
+
+  # Set the port based on the chain
+  if [ "${chain}" = "main" ]; then
+    PORT="8332"
+  elif [ "${chain}" = "test" ]; then
+    PORT="18332"
+  elif [ "${chain}" = "sig" ]; then
+    PORT="38332"
+  fi
+
+  echo "# Connect Specter to the raspiblitz_${chain}net node"
+  cat >/home/admin/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json <<EOF
 {
     "python_class": "cryptoadvance.specter.node.Node",
-    "fullpath": "/home/specter/.specter/nodes/default.json"
-    "name": "raspiblitz_mainnet",
-    "alias": "default",
-    "autodetect": false,
-    "datadir": "",
-    "user": "${RPCUSER}",
-    "password": "${PASSWORD_B}",
-    "port": "8332",
-    "host": "localhost",
-    "protocol": "http",
-}
-EOF
-  sudo mv /home/admin/default.json /home/specter/.specter/nodes/default.json
-  sudo chown -RL specter:specter /home/specter/
-
-  if [ "${chain}" != "main" ]; then
-    if [ "${chain}" = "test" ]; then
-      portprefix=1
-    elif [ "${chain}" = "sig" ]; then
-      portprefix=3
-    fi
-    PORT="${portprefix}8332"
-
-    echo "# Connect Specter to the raspiblitz_${chain}net node"
-    cat >/home/admin/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json <<EOF
-{
+    "fullpath": "/home/specter/.specter/nodes/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json",
     "name": "raspiblitz_${chain}net",
     "alias": "raspiblitz_${chain}net",
     "autodetect": false,
-    "datadir": "/mnt/hdd/bitcoin",
+    "datadir": "/mnt/hdd/app-storage/bitcoin",
     "user": "${RPCUSER}",
     "password": "${PASSWORD_B}",
     "port": "${PORT}",
     "host": "localhost",
-    "protocol": "http",
-    "external_node": true,
-    "fullpath": "/home/specter/.specter/nodes/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json"
+    "protocol": "http"
 }
 EOF
-    sudo mv /home/admin/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json /home/specter/.specter/nodes/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json
-    sudo chown -RL specter:specter /home/specter/
-  fi
+  sudo mv /home/admin/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json /home/specter/.specter/nodes/raspiblitz_${chain}net.json
+  sudo chown -RL specter:specter /home/specter/
 }
 
 # config
@@ -243,6 +257,11 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
     echo "#    --> pip-installing specter"
     sudo -u specter /home/specter/.env/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade cryptoadvance.specter==$pinnedVersion || exit 1
 
+    # Pin SQLAlchemy to 1.x to fix compatibility with spectrum extension
+    # SQLAlchemy 2.x removed __all__ attribute which breaks spectrum
+    echo "#    --> Pinning SQLAlchemy to compatible version"
+    sudo -u specter /home/specter/.env/bin/python3 -m pip install "sqlalchemy>=1.4,<2.0"
+
     # activating Authentication here ...
     configure_specter