bitcoin-cli Command Examples

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