Questions tagged [bitcoin-cli]
The Bitcoin-Core wallet provides a Command-LIne-Interface (CLI) that can be used to retrieve information from the wallet or to perform certain actions.
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How to calculate the purging low-fee for a node with the default mempool size?
I'm running a full node with a mempool size set to 2 GB. Default mempool size is 300 MB.
At the moment (block hight 785,095) the mempool size is around 344 MB.
Running rpc command
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How to segregate wallet from bitcoin core | Run multiple wallets in different servers on one centralized bitcoin node
I am running bitcoin full node in a centralized server. I have many web applications running in various places. I want to connect this web applications with centralized full bitcoin node. How to ...
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bitcoin-cli - "error: couldn't connect to server" [solved as per comment]
I have bitcoind 0.13.1 running on a Raspberry Pi. I can see it on the bitcoin network using bitnodes.21.co but I can't connect to it locally with bitcoin-cli.
My bitcoin.conf is:
rpcuser=xxx
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Electrum via command-line: can generic blockchain info be requested?
For example can I ask the Electrum client via it's API what the height or version of the latest block is? Looking through the docs all I currently see is wallet commands.
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Is there a way to schedule bandwidth-intensive functions of bitcoind?
Some Internet service providers have different pricing at different hours. Is it possible to limit some functions of bitcoind to specific time ranges? ...especially initial block download (IBD) and/or ...
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Create and spend P2WSH that locks coins with OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
I'm attempting to create a P2SWH address with a script that locks the coins for some time. And then I want to spend those coins from that address.
I've read a lot, some of the most relevant:
BIP173
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Low inbound connections and fixed getnetworkinfo score at 4
I spent hours researching for possible solutions, but couldn't find any. I set up my RPi4 bitcoin node about a month ago. It communicates through Tor (see torrc content).
SOCKSPort 9050
Log notice ...
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Add inputs and outputs to a transaction signed with sighash SINGLE | ANYONECANPAY
I created a transaction with one input and one output, and signed it using sighash SINGLE | ANYONECANPAY.
Can I add further inputs and outputs with another wallet using bitcoin-cli?
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bitcoin-cli is not using port specified in config
I have setup a bitcoin node in regtest mode with custom config and datadir.
I start bittcoind with command:
bitcoind -conf=bitcoin-demo.conf -regtest -datadir="testdatabtc" -daemon
My bitcoin-...
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vout value in createrawtransaction
I have been following the Bitcoin Core tutorial on creating a simple raw transaction from an offline computer using the CLI.
The part on createrawtransaction indicates that the raw transaction should ...
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Mempool filled with 14KB transactions, tons of inputs, 0.15 mBTC fee
With the blockchain experiencing extremely high transaction volumes (most blocks at the 1MB size limit), I am interested in studying the "backlog" of transactions in the memory pool on my own full ...
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What is the required input for python-bitcoinlib getrawtransaction command?
I am running a bitcoin node on my machine, fully synced with RPC commands enabled, rpc server live and txindex=1.
In the command-line I can run the following RPC call and obtain the information ...
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walletprocesspsbt rpc not signing psbt tx
After extensive regtest testing I've been unable to reproduce this issue.
This is a gist to regtest psbt commands that do work.
https://gist.github.com/miketwenty1/ecb9acdbca858878f1856b75493fef4c
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New resync after a complete reindex
After an error with LevelDB (corrupted) I did a reindex and after that bitcoind automatically start a new synchronization. This seems much faster some times, it started from genesis and in 1 hour it ...
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How can I hash a block header using bitcoin-cli and terminal commands?
I would like to hash a block header using terminal commands and look at all the pretty leading 0s, but I can't figure out how to do this correctly using block header data from bitcoin-cli.
Here is ...
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bitcoin TransactionBuilder is not a constructor
I'm trying to send bitcoin with the bitcoinjs-lib library and I get the following error:
TypeError: bitcoin.TransactionBuilder is not a constructor
at sendmoney (/Users/....../bitcoin.js:53:18)
at ...
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How to get time left using command line during initial block download?
When using GUI version of Bitcoin Core, time left before initial block download has completed is displayed.
Using bitcoin-cli, one can see verificationprogress, but is there a way to get time left ...
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How best to check the balance for a specific address using the Bitcoin-CLI?
I am currently calculating the balance of addresses from "listunspent"
$unspends = $btc->listunspent(6, 9999999, array($PARAMS['address']))['amount']
But I don't think this is the ...
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locktime in getrawtransaction method in bitcoin-cli
what is different between Time, BlockTime and Locktime in " Getrawtransaction " method in bitcoin CLI? Actually I want to know that is locktime. Please help me :)
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listreceivedbyaddress does not return any information about change addresses, is there any alternative?
listreceivedbyaddress does not return info about change addresses (m/84'/1'/0'/1/*)
, only about receiving addresses (m/84'/1'/0'/0/*). I've found out that getreceivedbyaddress "address" ...
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CLI tool to sign a transaction using a private key in an offline computer
My Problem
Consider an offline computer that has a list of private keys for bitcoin addresses. The computer has some flavor of Linux installed on it, so it can run common CLI tools and Python scripts.
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Getting "N5boost10filesystem16filesystem_errorE" error when running bitcoin-cli
Backstory
I'm running Bitcoin Core 0.20.1 on a Raspberry Pi 4 (running Raspberry Pi OS standard).
It's just a standard install of Bitcoin Core, I built from source and installed into /home/pi/.bitcoin ...
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listunspent rpc/cli command doesn't seem to list unspent unconfirmed transactions for watch-only addresses
I am unable to list unspent unconfirmed transactions for watch-only addresses. Once the transaction gets at least 1 confirmation it gets included in the returned result.
This is the command I am ...
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Will bitcoind import private keys for multi-sig descriptor with watch-only flag set to true?
I am importing a "warm" multi-sig quorum into bitcoind using importmulti like so:
{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"curltest","method":"importmulti","params":[[{ "desc": "sh(multi(2,[eb2d2f9e/44'/1'/0']...
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RPCConvertValues() call error
I'd like to call RPC programmatically, instead of using bitcoin-cli. when I call the function RPCConvertValues(), it always raise error
RPCConvertValues() is defined here : https://github.com/...
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How to add money to my Bitcoin Wallet and send my first Raw Transaction with OP_RETURN using bitcoin-cli
Background
So after reading these two articles (Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line and Mastering Bitcoin), I am trying to piece together how I can get my first transaction with OP_RETURN data ...
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Why am I getting error: "Signature must be zero for failed CHECK(MULTI)SIG operation" when using signrawtransactionwithkey
I am using descriptor based importmulti like so to import a 2 of 3 HD multisig cold storage wallet into my node:
curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "importmulti", "...
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How do I determine the descriptor of a given Extended Public Key?
I am trying to run the bitcoin-cli getdescriptorinfo on a ypub... extended public key. Every time I do this I receive the message:
error code: -5
error message:
Invalid descriptor
How can I ...
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how do I mark coins spent in invalid blocks as unspent?
I was just testing bitcoin (v17) in regtest mode with the local, built-in wallet. If I send money to an address (I don't own), generate 1, and then invalidate that block, the local wallet does not ...
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Paying to one address using inputs from multiple addresses under same seed
I am using bitcoin core and I was wondering. If I make a bitcoin payment using bitcoin-cli which has about 50 addresses registered to it. If the payment is for 1 BTC and I pay from the address A1 (let'...
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Is there a "print to file" parameter or its equivalent for bitcoin-cli; so that results from the daemon are recorded
Is there any way to "print to file" the queried results of the bitcoin-cli. This would be most helpful in my basic cross platform integration of a program I am making with QB64.
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getblockchaininfo timeout using API only
Thanks in advance.
If I call getblockchaininfo through bitcoin-cli it just works. It might take a while but it works all the time.
If I call it from within a Python Script
from bitcoin.rpc import ...
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Bitcoin-cli using getblock to retrieve historical data
I have recently set up a bitcoin node using bitcoind and want to perform some historical queries on the blockchain using getblock with verbosity set to 2.
I am using the default bitcoin.conf file but ...
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Bitcoin RPC - settxfee specific amount rather than based off transaction size?
How am I able to use the "sendfrom" command with a specific amount of 0.0005 BTC as fees no matter how small or big the transaction is in bytes?
settxfee is based off fees per bytes.
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"Error: Invalid RPC method" when i try to create block in regtest mode
I use Ubuntu.
After i run bitcoind -regtest -daemon
I tried to create blocks by running command: bitcoin-cli -regtest generate 101
And it returned error like this:
Error: Invalid RPC method
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Transaction instantly rejected trying to send from bitcoin-cli
Trying to send bitcoins with this command:
bitcoin-cli sendfrom accountdos 1HC...kgT 0.03233376 1
I get this error immediately:
The transaction was rejected! This might happen if some of the coins in ...
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How can I pass Multiple addresses in Move command
I have to pass multiple addresses in move command but I am not able to pass as it is not accepting more than one wallet address Is there is any another way to move the balance to multiple addresses.
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Why don't we have a help for Bitcoin Core CLI options in the same way as we do for CLI commands?
There is detailed help for bitcoin-cli commands using for example:
./src/bitcoin-cli getconnectioncount help.
However, there isn't generally detailed help for bitcoin-cli options such as
./src/bitcoin-...
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bitcoin-cli WIF from xpriv, descriptor outputs clarity
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Is it possible for the bitcoin-cli command to extract WIFs from a ranged descriptor with a derivation path?
If a descriptor is ranged it must have a xpriv key?
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Can't to send btc with bitcoin-cli
I sent transaction with bitcoin-cli:
bitcoin-cli sendtoaddress tb1q3qlv7k648hec866a0x395hq0h3sqcg2lrq5r0k 0.001
As an answer I've got transaction Id.
But it still has no confirmation (a few hours).
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bitcoin-cli getrawtransaction not working as expected?
So I'm trying to set up a full bitcoin node. I compiled bitcoin core fine and I created a config file. I want to download the entire history of the blockchain, so I created a bitcoin.conf file in my ./...
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timeout on transient error: Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:8332
I finished installing Bitcoin on a raspberry pi a couple days ago and have a problem. Everything worked fine yesterday (I was able to run bitcoin-cli commands just fine) but now whenever I run "...
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Bitcoin core cli importdescriptors (miniscript)
I created a miniscript descriptor and wanted to see how it looked like in core(testnet).
So i ran:
importdescriptors "[{"desc": "wsh(or_d(pk([658b6bd9/44'/1'/0'/0]...
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bitcoin-cli listunspent returns empty list
I'm running bitcoind bitcoind -regtest and want to send BTC to bcrt1qxhx5gq5gwaju2lh0pxnp7qpn4685cwvst4ql45 segwit address.
Why listunspent returns empty list after sending somebtc to segwit address?
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Why my bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo return an empty list?
I am running bitcoind and it is updating blocks as follows:
However, when I have run bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo, it only returns an empty list, but not peers connected. So if there is no peer connected ...
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Bitcoin core V22 Authorization failed: Incorrect rpcuser or rpcpassword
I have my full node connected through Tor. I ended up changing my onion service and now I'm getting error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password ...
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I can not connect through RPC port bitcoind
I have set up bitcoind, and I am able to run bitcoin-cli commands, I am also able to make request through RPC.
curl --user username:password --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "...
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Need in my Bitcoin client wallets to restore
It's been a very very long time and I need a refresher on how I get into my Bitcoin client wallet I have the seed phase to restore it I do know to do it offline to cash out some. I mined on the ...
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Setup bitcoind and be able to make a call to GetBlockTemplate
I have been able to get bitcoind started by giving it the right data directory and configuration file. I downloaded and ran rpcauth.py from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/share/...
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hdseed, hdseed, and bitcoin-qt
in bitcoincore,
what is the use of hdseed please?
can we restore a wallet with it?
and above all an address with bitcoin on it
thank you ! for IT
