How to use "lockunspent" in bitcoin core wallet console?

Question

Try to use the Lockunspend RPC in bitcoin core wallet console. But always get wrong, and google it can't find answer.

My input is:

lockunspent false "[{"txid":"c3fa34606ae3ea416ff640d97414ef6a0a8afcebfbe2c60403ad60c0d961f04c","vout":0}]"

Is anyone can teach me where I am wrong? Thanks

What is the error that you get?
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Nov 4, 2018 at 18:30 — Andrew Chow, Nov 4, 2018 at 18:30

MCCCS · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-02 13:49:27Z

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The problem is, you should to escape the inner quotes:

lockunspent false "[{\"txid\":\"c3fa34606ae3ea416ff640d97414ef6a0a8afcebfbe2c60403ad60c0d961f04c\",\"vout\":0}]"

answered Oct 2, 2018 at 13:49

MCCCS

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Thanks. But it's not work. If with bitcoin-cli, your format should be work. But my problem is how to use is with bitcoin core wallet console. It seems that don't need to escape the inner quotes for console.
– yrm23
Oct 2, 2018 at 14:08
It should work, have you tried?
– MCCCS
Oct 2, 2018 at 14:27
10:37:01 lockunspent false "[{\"txid\":\"c3fa34606ae3ea416ff640d97414ef6a0a8afcebfbe2c60403ad60c0d961f04c\",\"vout\":0}]" 10:37:01 Invalid parameter, expected unspent output (code -8)
– yrm23
Oct 2, 2018 at 14:37
@yrm23 It's clearly not unspent.
– Ken Sharp
Apr 11, 2020 at 14:17

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mikeytown2 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-27 00:15:29Z

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Try double quoting

lockunspent false '[{"\"txid\"":"\"c3fa34606ae3ea416ff640d97414ef6a0a8afcebfbe2c60403ad60c0d961f04c\"","\"vout\"":"0"}]'

answered Mar 27, 2019 at 0:15

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