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I have created a regtest address and I want to check it's balance.

I have run the commands:

  1. -regtest generate 101
  2. -regtest getbalance
  3. -regtest sendtoaddress n4MN27Lk7Yh3pwfjCiAbRXtRVjs4Uk67fG 10.00
  4. -regtest generate 6
  5. -regtest getbalance n4MN27Lk7Yh3pwfjCiAbRXtRVjs4Uk67fG

after the 5th step the balance is still 0.

Why this happened since I have already sent 10 BTC to my address? Do I have to sign any outputs in order to claim the bitcoins?

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The argument for getbalance is not an address. It is for an account, which is not the same as an address. To get the entire wallet balance, do getbalance with no arguments.

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  • @ Andrew the getbalance with no arguments is for the entire wallet.But how can I chech the balance for a particular public key/address?
    – gtopal
    Nov 24, 2017 at 10:38
  • You can't. You have to add that address to an account (aka give it a label). Then you can use getbalance to get the balance of that account, and if it only has one address, it will be the balance of that address.
    – Ava Chow ♦
    Nov 24, 2017 at 18:37
  • now make sense!
    – gtopal
    Nov 27, 2017 at 11:56
  • use bitcoind -regtest -txindex and bitcoin-tx
    – cmc
    Apr 26, 2018 at 23:25

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