def updateTopBlockInfo(self):
"""
We want to get the top block information, but if groestlcoind is rigorously
downloading and verifying the blockchain, it can sometimes take 10s to
to respond to JSON-RPC calls! We must do it in the background...
If it's already querying, no need to kick off another background request,
just return the last value, which may be "stale" but we don't really
care for this particular use-case
"""
if not self.isRunningBitcoind():
return
if self.isMidQuery:
return
self.createProxy()
self.queryThread = PyBackgroundThread(self.__backgroundRequestTopBlock)
self.queryThread.start()
def startProgressThread(self):
self.progress = True
self.progressThr = PyBackgroundThread(self.updateProgressStatus)
self.progressThr.start()
