Bitcoin Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v1.06, by Herong Yang
Bitcoin Core CLI
This section describes what is Bitcoin Core CLI Programs.
Bitcoin Core CLI allows you to run commands on Bitcoin Core Daemon to interact with the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin Core CLI is included in the of Bitcoin Core package,
Here is how you can run Bitcoin Core CLI and see its command line options:
C:\>\local\bitcoin-0.15.1\bin\bitcoin-cli -? Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.15.1 Usage: bitcoin-cli [options] <command> [params] Send command to Bitcoin Core bitcoin-cli [options] -named <command> [name=value] ... Send command to Bitcoin Core (with named arguments) bitcoin-cli [options] help List commands bitcoin-cli [options] help <command> Get help for a command Options: -? This help message -conf=<file> Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf) -datadir=<dir> Specify data directory -testnet Use the test chain -regtest Enter regression test mode, which uses a special chain in which blocks can be solved instantly. This is intended for regression testing tools and app development. -rpcconnect=<ip> Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1) -rpcport=<port> Connect to JSON-RPC on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332) -rpcuser=<user> Username for JSON-RPC connections -rpcpassword=<pw> Password for JSON-RPC connections ...
Table of Contents
Access Bitcoin Test Network "-testnet"
"bitcoin-cli getclock" Command
bitcoin-cli Transaction Commands
"bitcoin-cli encryptwallet" - Set Wallet Password
"bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase" - Unlock Wallet
"bitcoin-cli backupwallet" - Backup Wallet