Questions tagged [regtest]
When running Bitcoin Core client in regtest mode.
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Automatic outbound connection using regtest nodes
I run node 1 using this command:
bitcoind -port=2222 -datadir=/home/prayank/node1 -conf=/home/prayank/node1/bitcoin.conf -regtest=1 -rpcport=18666 -rpcuser=rpcuser -rpcpassword=rpcpass -bind=127.0.0.1
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bitcoin regtest no wallet RPC methods
I have compiled bitcoin core from the github repo using the regular instructions.
It compiled and it runs successfully
bitcoind --version
Bitcoin Core version v22.99.0-2f7b5c3039c7
However, it seems ...
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Why the receiver doesn't get any bitcoin on the balance if sendtoaddress or sendrawtransaction is used?
I want to do a transaction, but I see that the receiver doesn't get the amount sent.
The regtest node started
bitcoind -rpcuser=test -rpcpassword=test -regtest -rpcport=16591 -fallbackfee=0.000045
My ...
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Why do you have to mine 432 blocks to activate segwit on regtest?
According to Rusty Russel, you need to mine 432 blocks to activate segwit on regtest. Why this specific blockheight?
Sources:
https://rusty-lightning.medium.com/segregated-witness-for-developers-...
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History of Bitcoin's Networks
Bitcoin main net was launched on January 3, 2009 at 19:15:05 UTC. But what is the history of the two other network options in Bitcoin: testnet and regtest?
I think testnet is on version 3, what was ...
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Why is "regtest" called "regtest"?
Bitcoin "regtest" is for when you want to run a local version of Bitcoin where the state is only shared within a small community, whereas both "mainnet" and "testnet" are ...
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How to mine continuously in segtest with version bitcoin-0.20?
I am just learning the bitcoin codes for version bitcoin-0.20 and I make it successfully.
Additionally, I have only one PC. I want to mine continuously in segtsest, however I only found methods below:
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BitcoinJ Regtest : Error in addWallet & transaction fetch
I am trying bitcoinj for the first time. I tested a simple java program as follows:
step 1: I install a Bitcoin Core and run the following
bitcoind.exe -regtest -txindex –reindex
bitcoin-cli.exe -...
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Unbroadcast count doesn't change as expected after 15 minutes
Related question: Test that mempool reattempts delivery of locally submitted transaction
I tried running hidden RPC mockscheduler, I think it worked that day after relaunching nodes few times and ...
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Test that mempool reattempts delivery of locally submitted transaction
Test: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/test/functional/mempool_unbroadcast.py
I am trying this manually with below steps:
Run two nodes (regtest):
Node1:
bitcoind -port=18333 -rpcport=...
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Regtest mode lose blocks?
I'm playing with bitcoind, I'm an started in this subject and I'm playing with the regtest=1 option of course.
The thing is that after one day all the transactions are lost, I'm trying to get the ...
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Regtest at height 120k took 600ms to generate a block
Just doing
while :
do
time bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 1 <non_local_wallet_address>
bitcoin-cli getblockcount
done
brings regtest blockgen times up to 600ms when generating a block at the ...
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Running bitcoind regtest with docker containers
I am running bitcoind regtest locally with the method from this article https://medium.com/ssde/how-to-use-docker-to-setup-multiple-bitcoin-test-nodes-on-your-own-mac-phase-i-8c6e5442c189.
However, ...
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Making regtest's generatetoaddress work with blocksonly=1
I'm setting up a regtest scenario in which I want to send transactions which should be included in new blocks created via the generatetoaddress RPC call. However, I want to disable transaction ...
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Generating zero-amount transactions in regtest mode?
I'm setting up a larger test network of regtest nodes in which all of them should be easily capable of creating blocks and sending transactions.
To this end, I'm looking for a simple way for the nodes ...
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Cannot remote to regtest node with curl cmd - Empty reply from server
Hi I'm new to rpc curl cmds and having some issues connecting to my regtest node. I'm getting "empty reply from server" which makes me think it is connecting but something is misconfigured.
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Setting the fee rate on regtest, or, quickly generating full blocks
I'm setting up some automated testing for a lightning wallet. At the heart of my tests is a bitcoind instance running in regtest mode. I need to be able to set the fee rate - both the fee rate ...
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Can you break down what data is encoded into a bech32 address?
Can you break down what data is encoded into a bech32 address?
e.g. bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
How do bech32 addresses on testnet, regtest, signet compare?
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-regtest generate 101 not working
when I type
bitcoin-cli -regtest generate 101
in the powershell it gives me this error:
PS C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon> ./bitcoin-cli -regtest generate 101
error code: -32601
error message:
I ...
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Sending regtest Bitcoin fails with an error message. How do I resolve this error? [duplicate]
When I try to send regtest Bitcoin using bitcoin-cli:
./bitcoin-cli -regtest sendtoaddress bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl 0.1
I get the error message:
error code: -6
error message:
Fee ...
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Address starting with 2, what mode I am in?
I am using https://github.com/freewil/bitcoin-testnet-box to run bitcoind in docker to test signing of transactions.
make start tells me the bitcoind is started without -regtest flag. See https://...
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Change difficulty using bitcoin-cli/bitcoind in regtest mode
Is there an RPC command which would allow me to generate blocks under a given difficulty? For instance, I would like to do something like this:
bitcoind -daemon -regtest
bitcoin-cli -regtest ...
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Calculate block hash is different in regtest?
I'm able to calculate the block hash in mainnet and testnet, but I don't get the right hash in regtest.
I mint +3000 blocks and I get the block with height 3000
bitcoin-cli getblock $(bitcoin-cli ...
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How do I get set up on Signet?
I have heard about Signet here and here.
How do I get set up on Signet?
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How to use Electrum with a local regtest network?
The problem
I have a regtest network running in 127.0.0.1:18443.
I can access to regtest with user:123.
I would like to use Electrum (v4.0.2) with my local regtest but I cannot realize how to do that....
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What can I expirement with BitcoinCore on my own?
I have a simple faculty assignment where I have to do some experiments with transactions or experiment with the Bitcoin protocol or maybe with wallet code. Work on that assignment shouldn't last more ...
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When using bitcoin-cli I get an error regarding fallback fees when trying to send regtest Bitcoin. How do I resolve this?
I have been doing an assignment on Bitcoin Core 0.20. Now every time I try to do a transaction:
Apples-iMac:bitcoin apple$ bitcoin-cli -regtest sendtoaddress ...
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Run lightning-charge on c-lightning regtest
I'm trying to run lighting-charge (https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning-charge) on top of one of my 2 lightning (https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning) instances. I am running 2 nodes ...
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Unable to replicate block header validation errors: time-too-old and time-too-new
we are playing with the regtest and we don't able to replicate the two blocks validation error managed here
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/5b24f6084ede92d0f493ff416b4726245140b2c1/src/...
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RegTest with mainnet addresses
I am trying to run a private Bitcoin network for testing.
I tried to run a RegTest network, but I need the addresses to be in the format of the ainnet.
Can I configure the RegTest to run with Mainnet ...
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Regtest createmultisig Error: Invalid public Key?
As shown below, I generated 3 new addresses (Legacy I believe) in RegTest. I then try to create a multsig address from exactly these 3 addresses. What am I doing wrong, or is this unavailable in ...
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Not receiving Compact Block even after 'sendcompact' message
I have setup a regtest net locally with 2 nodes. One of nodes generates blocks using 'bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 ', sendcompact message was sent from other node yet it gets normal block(...
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scriptsig-not-pushonly (code 64) during send transaction in regtest
I create a transaction in regtest without send it, I have transaction data signed.
I modified a little bit the scriptSig in order to replicate transaction malleability, I add two operations (2 OP_DROP)...
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Why keys generated in Bitcoin Core mismatch that from online generators despite using the same seed?
I have the following problem in Bitcoin Core. With this command:
echo carpet begin bacon master draft fortune food cherry cage axis vault clown | \
bx mnemonic-to-seed | \
bx hd-new -v 70615956 | \
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Get Seed from wallet on regtest mode
I am doing some tests for an application that signs Bitcoin transactions. I already downloaded the binary files bitcoin-cli,bitcoind and bitcoin-wallet from bitcoin.org. I need to know that the seed ...
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bech32 addresses beginning with "bcrt..." on regtest
I'm playing around with regtest and wanted to generate a bech32 address. My Bitcoin Core version is 0.18.0.
I ran getnewaddress "" bech32 and got an address that began with bcrt, like this one : ...
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Cannot call rpc api from other machine in same local network
cannot call rpc api from other machine in same local network
There is a regtest node in my local network , I can call rpc api only from the node's machine,not my local machine.
I know rpcallowip is ...
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2-of-3 multisignature account with limitations on withdrawal
I want to create a 2 of 3 multi-signature account from where one can withdraw money only after a certain period of time. How can this be done?
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Bitcoin-cli -regtest getaccount, listaccounts, setaccount, method not found
I just setup bitcoind (0.18.1) and put it in regtest mode, I am trying to work with accounts, but the account commands are not found...
setaccount
jlroberts@mixerregtest:~$ bitcoin-cli -regtest ...
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Source and (mis)handling of the private key for a basic tx
I'm looking to get "hands on" with signing, however when I adapt Runeks' thorough answer at https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5241/89798 my code invariably fails reporting that I've used the wrong ...
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Bitcoin multisignature addresses
Suppose we have a multisignature address "abc" with 100 coins in bitcoin regtest network, I want to that 100 coins in 10 slots that is i want spend 10 coins at a particular interval.
I tried the ...
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Error: non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (unknown error) (code 64) with OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (OP_CSV)
I am trying to implement a relative time lock on a regtest network using OP_CSV and keep getting this error when I try to consume the locked BTC.
I am creating a UTXO with the scriptPubKey as 10 ...
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Loading seed coins in test mode
I'm setting up a regtest node on my Windows machine using bitcoin-qt. Here's my config:
regtest=1
txindex=1
server=1
[test]
rpcport=8332
rpcuser=ulu
rpcpassword=***
Next, I would like to run a ...
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What are the key differences between regtest and the proposed signet?
What are the key differences between regtest and the proposed signet?
One of the key differences is that using regtest is not ideal for public networks as anyone anywhere can just rewrite the ...
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How can I force estimatesmartfee to return estimates on regtest?
Creating an app that utilizes estimatesmartfee, and it works in production, but I use regtest for automated testing and can't get it to return a value.
Looking at bitcoind tests it is splitting UTXOs ...
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How can I fund my node in regtest?
I am fairly new to bitcoin and was attempting to setup a local test network in my machine. I am using the regtest network to create the local network. Is there a way in which I can initialize the ...
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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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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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Implement HTLC manually by writing scripts
Is there any way to implement HTLC manually for locking funds in the channels in lightning network for a period of time (by setting intervals) and releasing the funds after the time lock expired using ...
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Can I test Lightning on Bitcoin regtest?
I want to do some Lightning experiments, but want to avoid the burden of synchronizing the blockchain (even testnet). Can I experiment with Lightning using regtest? Is there a manual for setting it up?...
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