Questions tagged [command-line-options]
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Is it possible to run Bitcoin Core (GUI) at the same time as bitcoind?
I'm in a very frustrating situation. I used to run Bitcoin Core on Windows, without these problems, but ever since I switched to Linux (XFCE), and I of course have Bitcoin Core (GUI) starting ...
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Is there any way to generate bc1... adresses in command line Electrum?
I can create standard or segwit wallet. But no matter which one I created the only addresses I get is 1....
For example:
$ electrum createnewaddress
1FeE4ZGaSM38f6TxKzKMbCNjwbne6oLQPt
Is there way to ...
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Newbie running full node (Bitcoin Core): Commands to import wallet with passphrase from external USB stick? And how to sweep paper wallet?
I need help with:
Which console commands (Linux) to use to import external USB stick wallet (with passphrase) created by an earlier version of (Linux) Bitcoin Core?
How to sweep paper wallet (with ...
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How to generate BIP85 Child Key using Bitcoin Explorer?
I've playing with 2 tools:
Mnemonic Code Converter (site)
Bitcoin Explorer (CLI) - bx command
For the purpose of test I've used these tree BIP39 mnemonic words: client mixed great.
Using a site I've ...
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Are near-current man pages or similar doc for bitcoin* available anywhere?
I've been unable to find current documentation on command options / bitcoin.conf parameters. I infer that the process of automatic generation of man pages from source is currently in flux (Manual page ...
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How do I use Bitcoin Core (fully synced) to "backtrack" a receive address?
I'm trying to "reverse-track" my current Bitcoin wallet to see its exact history on the blockchain, backwards.
I have a fully synced Bitcoin Core installed.
What command do I use in its ...
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How to generate multiple legacy or segwit bitcoin address
I would like to generate multiple bitcoin (and litecoin) addresses via Bitcoin Core (and Litecoin Core). I saw this topic How can I generate a large number of Bitcoin addresses? but "keypool"...
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Unable to return BlockHashes when I run this generatetoaddress
I have downloaded and fully synced with my Mac last Saturday, my Bitcoin Core version is v0.21.0 and my Bitcoin-Qt version 5.9.8.
I did run other RPC commands such as "getrpcinfo" and it did ...
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Where are getnetworkinfo localservicesnames explained?
Bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo returns a list of human readable localservicesnames. Where can one find more info about them?
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How could be useful the softforks field that provides the RPC command getblockchaininfo?
When I execute the command getblockchaininfo I see useful information but I don't understand how to be useful the information that is displayed through field softforks, the example below:
bitcoin-cli ...
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How to disable initial block download [closed]
I want to create an original network by forking bitcoind.
I changed chainparams.cpp and other programs for loading it.
Then, I set DNS for my seed node.
When I boot my seed node, my seed node tries ...
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How to use bitcoin from the command line in Windows?
Do there exist any stable and audited bitcoin wallets that can be used from the cli on Windows? I have looked but have been unable to find any that I can use for automated tasks.
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Delete a specific private key from an Electrum 3.3.8 wallet via the command line?
I imported a few private keys into my electrum wallet via the command line. Now I want to delete these specific private keys from electrum 3.3.8 - What is the command to delete these keys from my ...
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GREP help: Bitcoin address/key buried as text somewhere on hdd
So in a drunken moment of genius I had forgotten about, I bought some bitcoin way back. And I buried the address and key in some file... I was being tricky lol. That likely also led me to abandon a ...
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How to use deriveaddresses via a curl command
I am trying to use curl via SSH to utilize the deriveaddresses bitcoin-cli rpc command.
let descriptor = "wpkh(...
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Method not found when I use bitcoin-cli to generate blocks under regtest mode [duplicate]
As the picture shows,I am really confuesd.
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What is the command line command in electrum to get my public bitcoin address from my private key?
I have a bitcoin private key and I want to get the bitcoin address from it. What is the command in the command line for electrum to extract this address?
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Does Bitcoin Core accepts uncompressed address generation?
So one priv key express uncompressed and compressed pub key.
Does the latest Bitcoin Core client accepts importing it to express uncompressed address? or it automatically express compressed address?
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Can I receive detailed tx data via command line using only a lightclient?
I recently tried to sync the Bitcoin blockchain, but my laptop does not have enough space on it. I want to be able to analyze UTXOs and raw transaction data.
Will a lightclient allow me to do this?
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Label Sent Bitcoin Transaction [duplicate]
Is it possible to add a label to a sent bitcoin transaction using the bitcoin-cli?
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Get input addresses of a transaction using electrum
I am using the latest (3.2.3) command line version of Electrum. I want to find the inputs of a transaction by looking at the history. The previous version of Electrum (that I was using 8 months ago) ...
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how to setup an ardor childchain bundler via the command line on a ubuntu server?
I have setup a testnet ardor node on the command line and its synced to the testnet ardor blockchain. I want to now create an always on bundler to bundle transactions of the ignis childchain via the ...
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How to properly terminate a bitcoin-qt process?
I run my bitcoin-qt on headless raspberrypi where it runs pretty smoothly.
The Issue starts when Marco gui crashes via vnc so the Bitcoin-qt GUI is hanging although that deamon is still running as a ...
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Used salvagewalllet, now it shows zero balance
I used the salvage wallet command in bitcoin. Now the new and old wallet files both say zero balance. Can anybody help me understand what`s going on?
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salvagewallet is not in the Bitcoin Core Console
I want to try the -salvagewallet command, but it is not in the console. What is the command line syntax?
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What command can i use instead of `ListAccounts`
In documentation said: "listaccounts will be removed in a later version of Bitcoin Core"
https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#listaccounts
In "See Also" section:
GetAccount - Not ...
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Get OP_RETURN from bitcoin-cli
Is there a way to extract old OP_RETURN transactions from the commandline with bitcoin-cli or something?
Something in the way of getAllOpRetFromBlock(345345) ...
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bitcoin core command line walletpassphrase incorrect but works for the main system? [closed]
My command line won't accept my passphrase, but on the main system it says it's correct and I can change it. I want to dump private key but no matter what I try, it continues to say incorrect ...
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Check status of daemon?
I have started bitcoind on my linux box. How can I ask it what its status is? I assume it is downloading the blockchain and will continue to do so for hours or days. How can I find out where it is in ...
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How to enable replace-by-fee via command-line in bitcoin-core?
Alright, so I'm convinced replace-by-fee is a good thing. I've read it's opt-in, so how can I enable it in my bitcoin-core wallet? I don't find any flag to pass it when launching it. I want all my ...
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Bitcoin-qt console on cmd
Is there a way to interact with Bitcoin-qt from Windows cmd and run commands like if I'm running them from Bitcoin-qt console?
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In Bitcoin QT 0.12 for Windows, how do you whitelist an IP address?
I believe the answer is that you enter the command line option whitebind for IPV4 or whitelist for IPV6.
When I tried it, I first got a message that I needed to include the port, so I included the ...
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