Bitcoin Core v0.5.1

• Version: v0.5.1
• Tag: v0.5.1
• Release Date: 2011-12-22
• Docker Pull Command:
  • docker pull ghcr.io/mocacinno/mocacinno/bitcoin_core_docker:v5.1
  • docker pull mocacinno/btc_core:v5.1
• Compiled by: Mocacinno
• Changelog: View Docs

comments about the image

• used a manually compiled boost 1.57.0 instead of the system’s boost version
• used gcc6
• switched to openssl 1.0.0
• had to patch net.cpp and strlcpy.h

flags and parameters

starting the daemon

bash-4.4$ bitcoind -?
Bitcoin version 0.5.1-beta

Usage:
  bitcoind [options]
  bitcoind [options] <command> [params]  Send command to -server or bitcoind
  bitcoind [options] help                List commands
  bitcoind [options] help <command>      Get help for a command
Options:
  -conf=<file>       Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf)
  -pid=<file>        Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)
  -gen               Generate coins
  -gen=0             Don't generate coins
  -min               Start minimized
  -datadir=<dir>     Specify data directory
  -timeout=<n>       Specify connection timeout (in milliseconds)
  -proxy=<ip:port>   Connect through socks4 proxy
  -dns               Allow DNS lookups for addnode and connect
  -port=<port>       Listen for connections on <port> (default: 8333 or testnet: 18333)
  -maxconnections=<n>  Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)
  -addnode=<ip>      Add a node to connect to
  -connect=<ip>      Connect only to the specified node
  -nolisten          Don't accept connections from outside
  -nodnsseed         Don't bootstrap list of peers using DNS
  -banscore=<n>      Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)
  -bantime=<n>       Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)
  -maxreceivebuffer=<n>  Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 10000)
  -maxsendbuffer=<n>  Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 10000)
  -upnp              Attempt to use UPnP to map the listening port
  -paytxfee=<amt>    Fee per KB to add to transactions you send
  -daemon            Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands
  -testnet           Use the test network
  -debug             Output extra debugging information
  -logtimestamps     Prepend debug output with timestamp
  -printtoconsole    Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file
  -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)
  -rpcallowip=<ip>   Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address
  -rpcconnect=<ip>   Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)
  -keypool=<n>       Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)
  -rescan            Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions

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+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)
  -?                 This help message

using bitcoind

bash-4.4$ bitcoind help
backupwallet <destination>
encryptwallet <passphrase>
getaccount <bitcoinaddress>
getaccountaddress <account>
getaddressesbyaccount <account>
getbalance [account] [minconf=1]
getblockcount
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
gethashespersec
getinfo
getmemorypool [data]
getnewaddress [account]
getreceivedbyaccount <account> [minconf=1]
getreceivedbyaddress <bitcoinaddress> [minconf=1]
gettransaction <txid>
getwork [data]
help [command]
keypoolrefill
listaccounts [minconf=1]
listreceivedbyaccount [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listsinceblock [blockid] [target-confirmations]
listtransactions [account] [count=10] [from=0]
move <fromaccount> <toaccount> <amount> [minconf=1] [comment]
sendfrom <fromaccount> <tobitcoinaddress> <amount> [minconf=1] [comment] [comment-to]
sendmany <fromaccount> {address:amount,...} [minconf=1] [comment]
sendtoaddress <bitcoinaddress> <amount> [comment] [comment-to]
setaccount <bitcoinaddress> <account>
setgenerate <generate> [genproclimit]
settxfee <amount>
signmessage <bitcoinaddress> <message>
stop
validateaddress <bitcoinaddress>
verifymessage <bitcoinaddress> <signature> <message>

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