bitcoin-cli
Command-line client to interact with the Bitcoin Core 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"
- Get blockchain information:
bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo
- Get network information:
bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo
- Stop the Bitcoin Core daemon:
bitcoin-cli stop