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bitcoin-cli

Command-line client to interact with the Bitcoin daemon via RPC calls. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Command-line_arguments.
  • Send a transaction to a given address:
    bitcoin-cli sendtoaddress "{{address}}" {{amount}}
  • Generate one or more blocks:
    bitcoin-cli generate {{num_blocks}}
  • Print high-level information about the wallet:
    bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo
  • List all outputs from previous transactions available to fund outgoing transactions:
    bitcoin-cli listunspent
  • Export the wallet information to a text file:
    bitcoin-cli dumpwallet "{{path/to/file}}"

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