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bitcoin-cli — Client to interact with the Bitcoin Core daemon via RPC calls. Uses the configuration defined in `bi

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Problem

How to use the bitcoin-cli command: Client to interact with the Bitcoin Core daemon via RPC calls. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Command-line_arguments>.

Solution

bitcoin-cli — Client to interact with the Bitcoin Core daemon via RPC calls. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Command-line_arguments>.

Send a transaction to a given address:
bitcoin-cli sendtoaddress "{{address}}" {{amount}}


Generate one or more blocks:
bitcoin-cli generate {{num_blocks}}


Print high-level information about the wallet:
bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo


List all outputs from previous transactions available to fund outgoing transactions:
bitcoin-cli listunspent


Export the wallet information to a text file:
bitcoin-cli dumpwallet "{{path/to/file}}"


Get blockchain information:
bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo


Get network information:
bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo


Stop the Bitcoin Core daemon:
bitcoin-cli stop

Code Snippets

Send a transaction to a given address

bitcoin-cli sendtoaddress "{{address}}" {{amount}}

Generate one or more blocks

bitcoin-cli generate {{num_blocks}}

Print high-level information about the wallet

bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo

List all outputs from previous transactions available to fund outgoing transactions

bitcoin-cli listunspent

Export the wallet information to a text file

bitcoin-cli dumpwallet "{{path/to/file}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/bitcoin-cli

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