DESCRIPTION

Usage:

litecoind [options]

litecoind [options] <command> [params] # Send command to -server or litecoind

litecoind [options] help # List commands

litecoind [options] help <command> # Get help for a command

OPTIONS

-conf=<file>

Specify configuration file (default: litecoin.conf)

-pid=<file>

Specify pid file (default: litecoind.pid)

-gen

Generate coins

-gen=0

Don't generate coins

-datadir=<dir>

Specify data directory

-dbcache=<n>

Set database cache size in megabytes (default: 25)

-dblogsize=<n>

Set database disk log size in megabytes (default: 100)

-timeout=<n>

Specify connection timeout (in milliseconds)

-proxy=<ip:port>

Connect through socks proxy

-socks=<n>

Select the version of socks proxy to use (4-5, default: 5)

-tor=<ip:port>

Use proxy to reach tor hidden services (default: same as -proxy)

-dns

Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect

-port=<port>

Listen for connections on <port> (default: 9333 or testnet: 19333)

-maxconnections=<n>

Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)

-addnode=<ip>

Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open

-connect=<ip>

Connect only to the specified node(s)

-seednode=<ip>

Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect

-externalip=<ip>

Specify your own public address

-onlynet=<net>

Only connect to nodes in network <net> (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor)

-discover

Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip)

-irc

Find peers using internet relay chat (default: 0)

-listen

Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)

-bind=<addr>

Bind to given address. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6

-dnsseed

Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)

-banscore=<n>

Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)

-bantime=<n>

Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)

-maxreceivebuffer=<n>

Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)

-maxsendbuffer=<n>

Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)

-upnp

Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)

-detachdb

Detach block and address databases. Increases shutdown time (default: 0)

-paytxfee=<amt>

Fee per KB to add to transactions you send

-mininput=<amt>

When creating transactions, ignore inputs with value less than this (default: 0.0001)

-daemon

Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands

-testnet

Use the test network

-debug

Output extra debugging information. Implies all other -debug* options

-debugnet

Output extra network debugging information

-logtimestamps

Prepend debug output with timestamp

-printtoconsole

Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file

-rpcuser=<user>

Username for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcpassword=<pw>

Password for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcport=<port>

Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 9332)

-rpcallowip=<ip>

Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address

-rpcconnect=<ip>

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

-blocknotify=<cmd>

Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)

-upgradewallet

Upgrade wallet to latest format

-keypool=<n>

Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)

-rescan

Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions

-checkblocks=<n>

How many blocks to check at startup (default: 2500, 0 = all)

-checklevel=<n>

How thorough the block verification is (0-6, default: 1)

-loadblock=<file>

Imports blocks from external blk000?.dat file

-?

This help message

SSL options: (see the Litecoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions)

-rpcssl

Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcsslcertificatechainfile=<file.cert>

Server certificate file (default: server.cert)

-rpcsslprivatekeyfile=<file.pem>

Server private key (default: server.pem)

-rpcsslciphers=<ciphers>

Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)