bitcoind Command Examples

Bitcoin Core daemon. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: https://manned.org/bitcoind.

• Start the Bitcoin Core daemon (in the foreground):

bitcoind

• Start the Bitcoin Core daemon in the background (use bitcoin-cli stop to stop):

bitcoind -daemon

• Start the Bitcoin Core daemon on a specific network:

bitcoind -chain={{main|test|signet|regtest}}

• Start the Bitcoin Core daemon using specific config file and data directory:

bitcoind -conf={{path/to/bitcoin.conf}} -datadir={{path/to/directory}}