SYNOPSIS

bitcoin-cli [options] <command> [params] - Send command to Bitcoin Core.

bitcoin-cli [options] help - Asks Bitcoin Core for a list of supported commands.

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the bitcoin-cli program. bitcoin-cli is an RPC client used to send commands to Bitcoin Core.

OPTIONS

-?

Show the help message.

-conf=<file>

Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf).

-datadir=<dir>

Specify data directory.

-testnet

Connect to a Bitcoin Core instance running in testnet mode.

-regtest

Connect to a Bitcoin Core instance running in regtest mode (see documentation for -regtest on bitcoind).

-rpcuser=<user>

Username for JSON-RPC connections.

-rpcpassword=<pw>

Password for JSON-RPC connections.

-rpcport=<port>

Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332).

-rpcconnect=<ip>

Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1).

-rpcssl=1

Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ciemon Dunville <[email protected]>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the MIT License.

The complete text of the MIT License can be found on the web at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.