Connect to a Bitcoin Core instance running in testnet mode.
.TP
\fB\-regtest\fR
Connect to a Bitcoin Core instance running in regtest mode (see documentation for -regtest on bitcoind).
.TP
\fB\-rpcuser=\fR<user>
Username for JSON\-RPC connections.
.TP
\fB\-rpcpassword=\fR<pw>
Password for JSON\-RPC connections.
.TP
\fB\-rpcport=\fR<port>
Listen for JSON\-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332).
.TP
\fB\-rpcconnect=\fR<ip>
Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1).
-.TP
-\fB\-rpcssl\fR=\fI1\fR
-Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON\-RPC connections (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBbitcoind\fP, \fBbitcoin.conf\fP
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ciemon Dunville <ciemon@gmail.com>. 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 \fIhttp://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\fP.
All command-line options (except for '\-conf') may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file.
.TP
The configuration file is a list of 'setting=value' pairs, one per line, with optional comments starting with the '#' character.
.TP
The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite plain-text editor. By default, bitcoind(1) will look for a file named bitcoin.conf(5) in the bitcoin data directory, but both the data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the '\-datadir' and '\-conf' command-line arguments.
.SH LOCATION
bitcoin.conf should be located in $HOME/.bitcoin
.SH NETWORK-RELATED SETTINGS
.TP
.TP
\fBtestnet=\fR[\fI'1'\fR|\fI'0'\fR]
Enable or disable run on the test network instead of the real *bitcoin* network.
.TP
\fBproxy=\fR\fI'127.0.0.1:9050'\fR
Connect via a socks4 proxy.
.TP
\fBaddnode=\fR\fI'10.0.0.2:8333'\fR
Use as many *addnode=* settings as you like to connect to specific peers.
.TP
\fBconnect=\fR\fI'10.0.0.1:8333'\fR
Use as many *connect=* settings as you like to connect ONLY to specific peers.
.TP
\fRmaxconnections=\fR\fI'value'\fR
Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
.SH JSON-RPC OPTIONS
.TP
\fBserver=\fR[\fI'1'\fR|\fI'0'\fR]
Tells *bitcoin* to accept or not accept JSON-RPC commands.
.TP
\fBrpcuser=\fR\fI'username'\fR
You must set *rpcuser* to secure the JSON-RPC api.
.TP
\fBrpcpassword=\fR\fI'password'\fR
You must set *rpcpassword* to secure the JSON-RPC api.
.TP
\fBrpcallowip=\fR\fI'192.168.1.*'\fR
By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed. Specify as many *rpcallowip=* settings as you like to allow connections from other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character).
.TP
\fBrpcport=\fR\fI'8332'\fR
Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port.
.TP
\fBrpcconnect=\fR\fI'127.0.0.1'\fR
You can use *bitcoin* or *bitcoind(1)* to send commands to *bitcoin*/*bitcoind(1)* running on another host using this option.
.TP
-\fBrpcssl=\fR\fI'1'\fR
-Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate with *bitcoin* '\-server' or *bitcoind(1)*. Example of OpenSSL settings used when *rpcssl*='1':
Enable or disable use SSE instructions to try to generate bitcoins faster.
.TP
\fBkeypool=\fR\fI'100'\fR
Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
.TP
\fBpaytxfee=\fR\fI'0.00'\fR
Pay an optional transaction fee every time you send bitcoins. Transactions with fees are more likely than free transactions to be included in generated blocks, so may be validated sooner.
.TP
\fBallowreceivebyip=\fR\fI'1'\fR
Allow direct connections for the 'pay via IP address' feature.
.TP
.SH USER INTERFACE OPTIONS
.TP
\fBmin=\fR[\fI'0'\fR|\fI'1'\fR]
Enable or disable start bitcoind minimized.
.TP
\fBminimizetotray=\fR[\fI'0'\fR|\fI'1'\fR]
Enable or disable minimize to the system tray.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
bitcoind(1)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
bitcoind \- peer-to-peer network based digital currency
.SH SYNOPSIS
bitcoin [options] <command> [params]
.TP
bitcoin [options] help <command> \- Get help for a command
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the bitcoind program. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency. Peer-to-peer (P2P) means that there is no central authority to issue new money or keep track of transactions. Instead, these tasks are managed collectively by the nodes of the network. Advantages:
Bitcoins can be sent easily through the Internet, without having to trust middlemen. Transactions are designed to be irreversible. Be safe from instability caused by fractional reserve banking and central banks. The limited inflation of the Bitcoin system’s money supply is distributed evenly (by CPU power) throughout the network, not monopolized by banks.
Safely copies *wallet.dat* to 'destination', which can be a directory or a path with filename.
.TP
\fBgetaccount 'bitcoinaddress'\fR
DEPRECATED. Returns the account associated with the given address.
.TP
\fBsetaccount 'bitcoinaddress' ['account']\fR
DEPRECATED. Sets the ['account'] associated with the given address. ['account'] may be omitted to remove an address from ['account'].
.TP
\fBgetaccountaddress 'account'\fR
DEPRECATED. Returns a new bitcoin address for 'account'.
.TP
\fBgetaddressesbyaccount 'account'\fR
DEPRECATED. Returns the list of addresses associated with the given 'account'.
.TP
\fBgetbalance 'account'\fR
Returns the server's available balance, or the balance for 'account' (accounts are deprecated).
.TP
\fBgetblockcount\fR
Returns the number of blocks in the longest block chain.
.TP
\fBgetblocknumber\fR
Returns the block number of the latest block in the longest block chain.
.TP
\fBgetconnectioncount\fR
Returns the number of connections to other nodes.
.TP
\fBgetdifficulty\fR
Returns the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty.
.TP
\fBgetgenerate\fR
Returns boolean true if server is trying to generate bitcoins, false otherwise.
.TP
\fBsetgenerate 'generate' ['genproclimit']\fR
Generation is limited to ['genproclimit'] processors, \-1 is unlimited.
.TP
\fBgethashespersec\fR
Returns a recent hashes per second performance measurement while generating.
.TP
\fBgetinfo\fR
Returns an object containing server information.
.TP
\fBgetnewaddress 'account'\fR
Returns a new bitcoin address for receiving payments. If 'account' is specified (deprecated), it is added to the address book so payments received with the address will be credited to 'account'.
Returns the total amount received by 'bitcoinaddress' in transactions with at least ['minconf'] confirmations.
.TP
\fBgettransaction 'txid'\fR
Returns information about a specific transaction, given hexadecimal transaction ID.
.TP
\fBgetwork 'data'\fR
If 'data' is specified, tries to solve the block and returns true if it was successful. If 'data' is not specified, returns formatted hash 'data' to work on:
"midstate" : precomputed hash state after hashing the first half of the data.
"data" : block data.
"hash1" : formatted hash buffer for second hash.
"target" : little endian hash target.
.TP
\fBhelp 'command'\fR
List commands, or get help for a command.
.TP
\fBlistaccounts ['minconf=1']\fR
DEPRECATED. List accounts and their current balances.
['minconf'] is the minimum number of confirmations before payments are included. ['includeempty'] whether to include addresses that haven't received any payments. Returns an array of objects containing:
"account" : DEPRECATED. the account of the receiving address.
"amount" : total amount received by the address.
"confirmations" : number of confirmations of the most recent transaction included.
['minconf'] is the minimum number of confirmations before payments are included. ['includeempty'] whether to include addresses that haven't received any payments. Returns an array of objects containing:
"address" : receiving address.
"account" : DEPRECATED. the account of the receiving address.
"amount" : total amount received by the address.
"confirmations" : number of confirmations of the most recent transaction included.
.TP
\fBlisttransactions 'account' ['count=10']\fR
Returns a list of the last ['count'] transactions for 'account' \- for all accounts if 'account' is not specified or is "*". Each entry in the list may contain:
"category" : will be generate, send, receive, or move.
"amount" : amount of transaction.
"fee" : Fee (if any) paid (only for send transactions).
"confirmations" : number of confirmations (only for generate/send/receive).
"txid" : transaction ID (only for generate/send/receive).
"otheraccount" : account funds were moved to or from (only for move).
"message" : message associated with transaction (only for send).
"to" : message-to associated with transaction (only for send).
DEPRECATED. Sends amount from account's balance to 'bitcoinaddress'. This method will fail if there is less than amount bitcoins with ['minconf'] confirmations in the account's balance (unless account is the empty-string-named default account; it behaves like the *sendtoaddress* method). Returns transaction ID on success.
Sends amount from the server's available balance to 'bitcoinaddress'. amount is a real and is rounded to the nearest 0.01. Returns transaction id on success.
.TP
\fBstop\fR
Stops the bitcoin server.
.TP
\fBvalidateaddress 'bitcoinaddress'\fR
Checks that 'bitcoinaddress' looks like a proper bitcoin address. Returns an object containing:
"isvalid" : true or false.
"ismine" : true if the address is in the server's wallet.
"address" : bitcoinaddress.
*note: ismine and address are only returned if the address is valid.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
bitcoin.conf(5)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
# NOTE: This dependency is not strictly necessary, but without it make may try to build both in parallel, which breaks the LevelDB build system in a race
+ strprintf("Invalid -rpcallowip subnet specification: %s. Valid are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24).", strAllow),
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-alertnotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blocknotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkblocks=<n>", strprintf(_("How many blocks to check at startup (default: %u, 0 = all)"), 288));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checklevel=<n>", strprintf(_("How thorough the block verification of -checkblocks is (0-4, default: %u)"), 3));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxorphantx=<n>", strprintf(_("Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-par=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of script verification threads (%u to %d, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: %d)"),
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-prune=<n>", strprintf(_("Reduce storage requirements by pruning (deleting) old blocks. This mode disables wallet support and is incompatible with -txindex. "
"Warning: Reverting this setting requires re-downloading the entire blockchain. "
"(default: 0 = disable pruning blocks, >%u = target size in MiB to use for block files)"), MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES / 1024 / 1024));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-reindex", _("Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files on startup"));
#if !defined(WIN32)
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-sysperms", _("Create new files with system default permissions, instead of umask 077 (only effective with disabled wallet functionality)"));
#endif
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc call (default: %u)"), 0));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bantime=<n>", strprintf(_("Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: %u)"), 86400));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-connect=<ip>", _("Connect only to the specified node(s)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-discover", _("Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip or -proxy)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dns", _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + " " + _("(default: 1)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dnsseed", _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-externalip=<ip>", _("Specify your own public address"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-forcednsseed", strprintf(_("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: %u)"), 0));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-listen", _("Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf(_("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-onion=<ip:port>", strprintf(_("Use separate SOCKS5 proxy to reach peers via Tor hidden services (default: %s)"), "-proxy"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-onlynet=<net>", _("Only connect to nodes in network <net> (ipv4, ipv6 or onion)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-port=<port>", strprintf(_("Listen for connections on <port> (default: %u or testnet: %u)"), 8333, 18333));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-proxy=<ip:port>", _("Connect through SOCKS5 proxy"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-proxyrandomize", strprintf(_("Randomize credentials for every proxy connection. This enables Tor stream isolation (default: %u)"), 1));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-seednode=<ip>", _("Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-upnp", _("Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 1 when listening and no -proxy)"));
#else
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-upnp", strprintf(_("Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: %u)"), 0));
#endif
#endif
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitebind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelist=<netmask>", _("Whitelist peers connecting from the given netmask or IP address. Can be specified multiple times.") +
" " + _("Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned and their transactions are always relayed, even if they are already in the mempool, useful e.g. for a gateway"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-disablewallet", _("Do not load the wallet and disable wallet RPC calls"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-keypool=<n>", strprintf(_("Set key pool size to <n> (default: %u)"), 100));
if (showDebug)
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-mintxfee=<amt>", strprintf("Fees (in %s/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for transaction creation (default: %s)",
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txconfirmtarget=<n>", strprintf(_("If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin confirmation on average within n blocks (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_TX_CONFIRM_TARGET));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxtxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Maximum total fees (in %s) to use in a single wallet transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions (default: %s)"),
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-walletnotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-zapwallettxes=<mode>", _("Delete all wallet transactions and only recover those parts of the blockchain through -rescan on startup") +
" " + _("(1 = keep tx meta data e.g. account owner and payment request information, 2 = drop tx meta data)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkpoints", strprintf("Disable expensive verification for known chain history (default: %u)", 1));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dblogsize=<n>", strprintf("Flush database activity from memory pool to disk log every <n> megabytes (default: %u)", 100));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-disablesafemode", strprintf("Disable safemode, override a real safe mode event (default: %u)", 0));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-genproclimit=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads for coin generation if enabled (-1 = all cores, default: %d)"), 1));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-help-debug", _("Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-logips", strprintf(_("Include IP addresses in debug output (default: %u)"), 0));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-limitfreerelay=<n>", strprintf("Continuously rate-limit free transactions to <n>*1000 bytes per minute (default: %u)", 15));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-relaypriority", strprintf("Require high priority for relaying free or low-fee transactions (default: %u)", 1));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit size of signature cache to <n> entries (default: %u)", 50000));
}
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-minrelaytxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Fees (in %s/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying (default: %s)"),
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-datacarrier", strprintf(_("Relay and mine data carrier transactions (default: %u)"), 1));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-datacarriersize", strprintf(_("Maximum size of data in data carrier transactions we relay and mine (default: %u)"), MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blockmaxsize=<n>", strprintf(_("Set maximum block size in bytes (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_BLOCK_MAX_SIZE));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blockprioritysize=<n>", strprintf(_("Set maximum size of high-priority/low-fee transactions in bytes (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE));
if (showDebug)
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blockversion=<n>", strprintf("Override block version to test forking scenarios (default: %d)", (int)CBlock::CURRENT_VERSION));
strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC server options:"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-server", _("Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rest", strprintf(_("Accept public REST requests (default: %u)"), 0));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcbind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: bind to all interfaces)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcport=<port>", strprintf(_("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: %u or testnet: %u)"), 8332, 18332));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcallowip=<ip>", _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This option can be specified multiple times"));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)"), 4));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpckeepalive", strprintf(_("RPC support for HTTP persistent connections (default: %d)"), 1));
-
- strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC SSL options: (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions)"));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcssl", _("Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections"));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS));
+ if (showDebug) {
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcworkqueue=<n>", strprintf("Set the depth of the work queue to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE));
FormatParagraph(_("This is experimental software.")) + "\n" +
"\n" +
FormatParagraph(_("Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>.")) + "\n" +
"\n" +
FormatParagraph(_("This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org/> and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.")) +
return InitError(_("Prune cannot be configured with a negative value."));
}
nPruneTarget = (uint64_t) nSignedPruneTarget;
if (nPruneTarget) {
if (nPruneTarget < MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES) {
return InitError(strprintf(_("Prune configured below the minimum of %d MB. Please use a higher number."), MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES / 1024 / 1024));
}
LogPrintf("Prune configured to target %uMiB on disk for block and undo files.\n", nPruneTarget / 1024 / 1024);
return InitError(_("Prune: last wallet synchronisation goes beyond pruned data. You need to -reindex (download the whole blockchain again in case of pruned node)"));
QMessageBox::critical(0, "Runaway exception", BitcoinGUI::tr("A fatal error occurred. Bitcoin can no longer continue safely and will quit.") + QString("\n\n") + message);
::exit(1);
}
WId BitcoinApplication::getMainWinId() const
{
if (!window)
return 0;
return window->winId();
}
#ifndef BITCOIN_QT_TEST
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
SetupEnvironment();
/// 1. Parse command-line options. These take precedence over anything else.
// Command-line options take precedence:
ParseParameters(argc, argv);
// Do not refer to data directory yet, this can be overridden by Intro::pickDataDirectory
/// 2. Basic Qt initialization (not dependent on parameters or configuration)
- strprintf("Invalid -rpcallowip subnet specification: %s. Valid are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24).", strAllow),
- /* Create dummy "work" to keep the thread from exiting when no timeouts active,
- * see http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service.html#boost_asio.reference.io_service.stopping_the_io_service_from_running_out_of_work */
- rpc_dummy_work = new boost::asio::io_service::work(*rpc_io_service);
// Work around clang compilation problem in Boost 1.46:
// /usr/include/boost/program_options/detail/config_file.hpp:163:17: error: call to function 'to_internal' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup
// See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10020179/compilation-fail-in-boost-librairies-program-options