SYNOPSIS

cj-bitcoin-cli [OPTION]…​ command…​ [ARGUMENT]…​

DESCRIPTION

cj-bitcoin-cli(1) sends command…​ [ARGUMENT]…​ to the Bitcoin RPC server specified via [OPTION]…​ or the default server at http://localhost:8332.

By default it reads from the local bitcoin.conf for host, port, username, and password information.

OPTIONS

Connection Settings

-regtest

Server is in RegTest mode, connect to the RegTest port (18443).

-testnet

Server is running on TestNet, connect to the TestNet port (18332).

--rpcconnect=HOST

Hostname or IP of server to connect to. Defaults to localhost.

--rpcport=HOST

TCP port for connection. Defaults to 8332.

--rpcuser=HOST

Username for connection. Defaults to "".

--rpcpassword=HOST

Password for connection. Defaults to "".

--rpcssl

Use HTTPS / SSL for the connection.

Warning
 SSL cert validation temporarily disabled to support self-signed certificates.
--rpcwait

Wait for bitcoind to start up.

Program Information

*-?

Show the help message.

EXIT STATUS

0

Success.

1

Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error; unexpected error).

EXAMPLES

  • getblockcount to default server or server configured in bitcoin.conf:

    $ cj-bitcoin-cli getblockcount

  • getconnectioncount to bitcoinj-daemon running on its default port:

    $ cj-bitcoin-cli -rpcport=8080 getconnectioncount

BUGS

Refer to the ConsensusJ issue tracker at https://github.com/ConsensusJ/consensusj/issues.

AUTHORS

cj-bitcoin-cli was written by Sean Gilligan.

consensusj was written by Sean Gilligan and DexX7.

bitcoinj was written by the bitcoinj project team.

RESOURCES

Git source repository on GitHub: https://github.com/ConsensusJ/consensusj

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Sean Gilligan. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the Apache Software License v2.