Bitcoin Core v0.9.3

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Bitcoin Core v0.9.3

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starting the daemon

bash-4.4$ bitcoind -?
Bitcoin Core Daemon version v0.9.3.0-g40d20412ff173-beta

Usage:
  bitcoind [options]                     Start Bitcoin Core Daemon
Usage (deprecated, use bitcoin-cli):
  bitcoind [options] <command> [params]  Send command to Bitcoin Core
  bitcoind [options] help                List commands
  bitcoind [options] help <command>      Get help for a command

Options:
  -?                     This help message
  -alertnotify=<cmd>     Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)
  -blocknotify=<cmd>     Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)
  -checkblocks=<n>       How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)
  -checklevel=<n>        How thorough the block verification of -checkblocks is (0-4, default: 3)
  -conf=<file>           Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf)
  -daemon                Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands
  -datadir=<dir>         Specify data directory
  -dbcache=<n>           Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 4096, default: 100)
  -loadblock=<file>      Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file on startup
  -maxorphanblocks=<n>   Keep at most <n> unconnectable blocks in memory (default: 750)
  -maxorphantx=<n>       Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: 100)
  -par=<n>               Set the number of script verification threads (-16 to 16, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: 0)
  -pid=<file>            Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)
  -reindex               Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files on startup
  -txindex               Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0)

Connection options:
  -addnode=<ip>          Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open
  -banscore=<n>          Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)
  -bantime=<n>           Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)
  -bind=<addr>           Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6
  -connect=<ip>          Connect only to the specified node(s)
  -discover              Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip)
  -dns                   Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect (default: 1)
  -dnsseed               Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect)
  -forcednsseed          Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: 0)
  -externalip=<ip>       Specify your own public address
  -listen                Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)
  -maxconnections=<n>    Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)
  -maxreceivebuffer=<n>  Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)
  -maxsendbuffer=<n>     Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)
  -onion=<ip:port>       Use separate SOCKS5 proxy to reach peers via Tor hidden services (default: -proxy)
  -onlynet=<net>         Only connect to nodes in network <net> (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor)
  -port=<port>           Listen for connections on <port> (default: 8333 or testnet: 18333)
  -proxy=<ip:port>       Connect through SOCKS proxy
  -seednode=<ip>         Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect
  -socks=<n>             Select SOCKS version for -proxy (4 or 5, default: 5)
  -timeout=<n>           Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000)

Wallet options:
  -disablewallet         Do not load the wallet and disable wallet RPC calls
  -keypool=<n>           Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)
  -paytxfee=<amt>        Fee per kB to add to transactions you send
  -rescan                Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions on startup
  -salvagewallet         Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet.dat on startup
  -spendzeroconfchange   Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: 1)
  -upgradewallet         Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup
  -wallet=<file>         Specify wallet file (within data directory) (default: wallet.dat)
  -walletnotify=<cmd>    Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)
  -zapwallettxes         Clear list of wallet transactions (diagnostic tool; implies -rescan)

Debugging/Testing options:
  -debug=<category>      Output debugging information (default: 0, supplying <category> is optional)
                         If <category> is not supplied, output all debugging information.
                         <category> can be: addrman, alert, coindb, db, lock, rand, rpc, selectcoins, mempool, net.
  -gen                   Generate coins (default: 0)
  -genproclimit=<n>      Set the processor limit for when generation is on (-1 = unlimited, default: -1)
  -help-debug            Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)
  -logtimestamps         Prepend debug output with timestamp (default: 1)
  -mintxfee=<amt>        Fees smaller than this are considered zero fee (for transaction creation) (default: 0.0001)
  -minrelaytxfee=<amt>   Fees smaller than this are considered zero fee (for relaying) (default: 0.00001)
  -printtoconsole        Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file
  -shrinkdebugfile       Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug)
  -testnet               Use the test network

Block creation options:
  -blockminsize=<n>      Set minimum block size in bytes (default: 0)
  -blockmaxsize=<n>      Set maximum block size in bytes (default: 750000)
  -blockprioritysize=<n> Set maximum size of high-priority/low-fee transactions in bytes (default: 50000)

RPC server options:
  -server                Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands
  -rpcuser=<user>        Username for JSON-RPC connections
  -rpcpassword=<pw>      Password for JSON-RPC connections
  -rpcport=<port>        Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332)
  -rpcallowip=<ip>       Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address
  -rpcthreads=<n>        Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)

RPC SSL options: (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions)
  -rpcssl                                  Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections
  -rpcsslcertificatechainfile=<file.cert>  Server certificate file (default: server.cert)
  -rpcsslprivatekeyfile=<file.pem>         Server private key (default: server.pem)
  -rpcsslciphers=<ciphers>                 Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1.2+HIGH:TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!3DES:@STRENGTH)

RPC client options:
  -rpcconnect=<ip>       Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)
  -rpcport=<port>        Connect to JSON-RPC on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332)
  -rpcwait               Wait for RPC server to start

using bitcoind

bash-4.4$ bitcoin-cli help
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "account" )
addnode "node" "add|remove|onetry"
backupwallet "destination"
createmultisig nrequired ["key",...]
createrawtransaction [{"txid":"id","vout":n},...] {"address":amount,...}
decoderawtransaction "hexstring"
decodescript "hex"
dumpprivkey "bitcoinaddress"
dumpwallet "filename"
encryptwallet "passphrase"
getaccount "bitcoinaddress"
getaccountaddress "account"
getaddednodeinfo dns ( "node" )
getaddressesbyaccount "account"
getbalance ( "account" minconf )
getbestblockhash
getblock "hash" ( verbose )
getblockchaininfo
getblockcount
getblockhash index
getblocktemplate ( "jsonrequestobject" )
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
gethashespersec
getinfo
getmininginfo
getnettotals
getnetworkhashps ( blocks height )
getnetworkinfo
getnewaddress ( "account" )
getpeerinfo
getrawchangeaddress
getrawmempool ( verbose )
getrawtransaction "txid" ( verbose )
getreceivedbyaccount "account" ( minconf )
getreceivedbyaddress "bitcoinaddress" ( minconf )
gettransaction "txid"
gettxout "txid" n ( includemempool )
gettxoutsetinfo
getunconfirmedbalance
getwalletinfo
getwork ( "data" )
help ( "command" )
importprivkey "bitcoinprivkey" ( "label" rescan )
importwallet "filename"
keypoolrefill ( newsize )
listaccounts ( minconf )
listaddressgroupings
listlockunspent
listreceivedbyaccount ( minconf includeempty )
listreceivedbyaddress ( minconf includeempty )
listsinceblock ( "blockhash" target-confirmations )
listtransactions ( "account" count from )
listunspent ( minconf maxconf  ["address",...] )
lockunspent unlock [{"txid":"txid","vout":n},...]
move "fromaccount" "toaccount" amount ( minconf "comment" )
ping
sendfrom "fromaccount" "tobitcoinaddress" amount ( minconf "comment" "comment-to" )
sendmany "fromaccount" {"address":amount,...} ( minconf "comment" )
sendrawtransaction "hexstring" ( allowhighfees )
sendtoaddress "bitcoinaddress" amount ( "comment" "comment-to" )
setaccount "bitcoinaddress" "account"
setgenerate generate ( genproclimit )
settxfee amount
signmessage "bitcoinaddress" "message"
signrawtransaction "hexstring" ( [{"txid":"id","vout":n,"scriptPubKey":"hex","redeemScript":"hex"},...] ["privatekey1",...] sighashtype )
stop
submitblock "hexdata" ( "jsonparametersobject" )
validateaddress "bitcoinaddress"
verifychain ( checklevel numblocks )
verifymessage "bitcoinaddress" "signature" "message"
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