Bitcoin-cli --help

./bitcoin-cli --help

Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.21.1.0-g194b9b8792d9b0798fdb570b79fa51f1d1f5ebaf

Usage:  bitcoin-cli [options] <command> [params]  Send command to Bitcoin Core
or:     bitcoin-cli [options] -named <command> [name=value]...  Send command to Bitcoin Core (with named arguments)
or:     bitcoin-cli [options] help                List commands
or:     bitcoin-cli [options] help <command>      Get help for a command

Options:

  -?
       Print this help message and exit

  -conf=<file>
       Specify configuration file. Relative paths will be prefixed by datadir
       location. (default: bitcoin.conf)

  -datadir=<dir>
       Specify data directory

  -generate
       Generate blocks immediately, equivalent to RPC generatenewaddress
       followed by RPC generatetoaddress. Optional positional integer
       arguments are number of blocks to generate (default: 1) and
       maximum iterations to try (default: 1000000), equivalent to RPC
       generatetoaddress nblocks and maxtries arguments. Example:
       bitcoin-cli -generate 4 1000

  -getinfo
       Get general information from the remote server. Note that unlike
       server-side RPC calls, the results of -getinfo is the result of
       multiple non-atomic requests. Some entries in the result may
       represent results from different states (e.g. wallet balance may
       be as of a different block from the chain state reported)

  -named
       Pass named instead of positional arguments (default: false)

  -netinfo
       Get network peer connection information from the remote server. An
       optional integer argument from 0 to 4 can be passed for different
       peers listings (default: 0).

  -rpcclienttimeout=<n>
       Timeout in seconds during HTTP requests, or 0 for no timeout. (default:
       900)

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

  -rpccookiefile=<loc>
       Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a
       net-specific datadir location. (default: data dir)

  -rpcpassword=<pw>
       Password for JSON-RPC connections

  -rpcport=<port>
       Connect to JSON-RPC on <port> (default: 8332, testnet: 18332, signet:
       38332, regtest: 18443)

  -rpcuser=<user>
       Username for JSON-RPC connections

  -rpcwait
       Wait for RPC server to start

  -rpcwallet=<walletname>
       Send RPC for non-default wallet on RPC server (needs to exactly match
       corresponding -wallet option passed to bitcoind). This changes
       the RPC endpoint used, e.g.
       http://127.0.0.1:8332/wallet/<walletname>

  -stdin
       Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D
       (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases). When
       combined with -stdinrpcpass, the first line from standard input
       is used for the RPC password.

  -stdinrpcpass
       Read RPC password from standard input as a single line. When combined
       with -stdin, the first line from standard input is used for the
       RPC password. When combined with -stdinwalletpassphrase,
       -stdinrpcpass consumes the first line, and -stdinwalletpassphrase
       consumes the second.

  -stdinwalletpassphrase
       Read wallet passphrase from standard input as a single line. When
       combined with -stdin, the first line from standard input is used
       for the wallet passphrase.

  -version
       Print version and exit

Debugging/Testing options:

Chain selection options:

  -chain=<chain>
       Use the chain <chain> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test,
       signet, regtest

  -signet
       Use the signet chain. Equivalent to -chain=signet. Note that the network
       is defined by the -signetchallenge parameter

  -signetchallenge
       Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for
       signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test
       network challenge)

  -signetseednode
       Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname[:port]
       format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify
       multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test
       network seed node(s))

  -testnet
       Use the test chain. Equivalent to -chain=test.

See also

• Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), blockchain.com, Coinbase, Cryptocurrency wallet, Ripple, Grayscale, Hummingbot, USD Coin, Zcash, Polkadot, bitcoin-cli, BSV, Bitmain, Hal Finney, List of bitcoin forks, Lightning Network, Minsc, SegWit, Bitcoin mining, BIP, Bech32, Ordinals, SPV, Bitcoin testnet, Satoshi Nakamoto, BRC-20, Bitcoin genesis block, Bitcoin address