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546 lines
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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
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.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "February 2017" "bitcoin-qt v0.14.0.0" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v0.14.0.0
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Bitcoin Core version v0.14.0.0\-dirty (64\-bit)
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Usage:
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.IP
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bitcoin\-qt [command\-line options]
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.SH OPTIONS
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.HP
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\-?
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.IP
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Print this help message and exit
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.HP
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\fB\-version\fR
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.IP
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Print version and exit
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.HP
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\fB\-alertnotify=\fR<cmd>
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.IP
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Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really
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long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)
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.HP
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\fB\-blocknotify=\fR<cmd>
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.IP
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Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by
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block hash)
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.HP
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\fB\-assumevalid=\fR<hex>
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.IP
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If this block is in the chain assume that it and its ancestors are valid
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and potentially skip their script verification (0 to verify all,
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default:
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00000000000000000013176bf8d7dfeab4e1db31dc93bc311b436e82ab226b90,
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testnet:
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00000000000128796ee387cf110ccb9d2f36cffaf7f73079c995377c65ac0dcc)
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.HP
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\fB\-conf=\fR<file>
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.IP
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Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf)
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.HP
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\fB\-datadir=\fR<dir>
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.IP
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Specify data directory
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.HP
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\fB\-dbcache=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 300)
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.HP
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\fB\-loadblock=\fR<file>
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.IP
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Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file on startup
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.HP
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\fB\-maxorphantx=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: 100)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxmempool=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Keep the transaction memory pool below <n> megabytes (default: 300)
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.HP
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\fB\-mempoolexpiry=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Do not keep transactions in the mempool longer than <n> hours (default:
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336)
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.HP
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\fB\-blockreconstructionextratxn=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Extra transactions to keep in memory for compact block reconstructions
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(default: 100)
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.HP
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\fB\-par=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set the number of script verification threads (\fB\-6\fR to 16, 0 = auto, <0 =
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leave that many cores free, default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-pid=\fR<file>
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.IP
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Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)
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.HP
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\fB\-prune=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old
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blocks. This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to
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delete specific blocks, and enables automatic pruning of old
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blocks if a target size in MiB is provided. This mode is
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incompatible with \fB\-txindex\fR and \fB\-rescan\fR. Warning: Reverting this
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setting requires re\-downloading the entire blockchain. (default:
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0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC,
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>550 = automatically prune block files to stay under the
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specified target size in MiB)
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.HP
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\fB\-reindex\-chainstate\fR
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.IP
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Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks
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.HP
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\fB\-reindex\fR
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.IP
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Rebuild chain state and block index from the blk*.dat files on disk
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.HP
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\fB\-sysperms\fR
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.IP
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Create new files with system default permissions, instead of umask 077
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(only effective with disabled wallet functionality)
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.HP
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\fB\-txindex\fR
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.IP
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Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc
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call (default: 0)
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.PP
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Connection options:
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.HP
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\fB\-addnode=\fR<ip>
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.IP
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Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open
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.HP
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\fB\-banscore=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)
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.HP
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\fB\-bantime=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default:
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86400)
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.HP
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\fB\-bind=\fR<addr>
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.IP
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Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation
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for IPv6
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.HP
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\fB\-connect=\fR<ip>
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.IP
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Connect only to the specified node(s); \fB\-noconnect\fR or \fB\-connect\fR=\fI\,0\/\fR alone to
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disable automatic connections
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.HP
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\fB\-discover\fR
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.IP
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Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no \fB\-externalip\fR
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or \fB\-proxy\fR)
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.HP
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\fB\-dns\fR
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.IP
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Allow DNS lookups for \fB\-addnode\fR, \fB\-seednode\fR and \fB\-connect\fR (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-dnsseed\fR
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.IP
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Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1
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unless \fB\-connect\fR/\-noconnect)
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.HP
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\fB\-externalip=\fR<ip>
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.IP
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Specify your own public address
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.HP
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\fB\-forcednsseed\fR
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.IP
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Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-listen\fR
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.IP
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Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no \fB\-proxy\fR or
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\fB\-connect\fR/\-noconnect)
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.HP
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\fB\-listenonion\fR
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.IP
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Automatically create Tor hidden service (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxconnections=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxreceivebuffer=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Maximum per\-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxsendbuffer=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Maximum per\-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxtimeadjustment\fR
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.IP
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Maximum allowed median peer time offset adjustment. Local perspective of
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time may be influenced by peers forward or backward by this
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amount. (default: 4200 seconds)
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.HP
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\fB\-onion=\fR<ip:port>
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.IP
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Use separate SOCKS5 proxy to reach peers via Tor hidden services
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(default: \fB\-proxy\fR)
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.HP
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\fB\-onlynet=\fR<net>
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.IP
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Only connect to nodes in network <net> (ipv4, ipv6 or onion)
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.HP
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\fB\-permitbaremultisig\fR
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.IP
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Relay non\-P2SH multisig (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-peerbloomfilters\fR
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.IP
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Support filtering of blocks and transaction with bloom filters (default:
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1)
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.HP
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\fB\-port=\fR<port>
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.IP
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Listen for connections on <port> (default: 8333 or testnet: 18333)
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.HP
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\fB\-proxy=\fR<ip:port>
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.IP
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Connect through SOCKS5 proxy
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.HP
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\fB\-proxyrandomize\fR
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.IP
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Randomize credentials for every proxy connection. This enables Tor
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stream isolation (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcserialversion\fR
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.IP
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Sets the serialization of raw transaction or block hex returned in
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non\-verbose mode, non\-segwit(0) or segwit(1) (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-seednode=\fR<ip>
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.IP
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Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect
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.HP
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\fB\-timeout=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (minimum: 1, default: 5000)
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.HP
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\fB\-torcontrol=\fR<ip>:<port>
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.IP
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Tor control port to use if onion listening enabled (default:
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127.0.0.1:9051)
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.HP
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\fB\-torpassword=\fR<pass>
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.IP
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Tor control port password (default: empty)
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.HP
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\fB\-upnp\fR
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.IP
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Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-whitebind=\fR<addr>
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.IP
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Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use
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[host]:port notation for IPv6
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.HP
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\fB\-whitelist=\fR<IP address or network>
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.IP
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Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or
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CIDR notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Can be specified multiple
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times. Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned and their
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transactions are always relayed, even if they are already in the
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mempool, useful e.g. for a gateway
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.HP
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\fB\-whitelistrelay\fR
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.IP
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Accept relayed transactions received from whitelisted peers even when
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not relaying transactions (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-whitelistforcerelay\fR
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.IP
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Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate
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local relay policy (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxuploadtarget=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Tries to keep outbound traffic under the given target (in MiB per 24h),
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0 = no limit (default: 0)
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.PP
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Wallet options:
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.HP
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\fB\-disablewallet\fR
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.IP
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Do not load the wallet and disable wallet RPC calls
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.HP
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\fB\-keypool=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)
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.HP
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\fB\-fallbackfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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A fee rate (in BTC/kB) that will be used when fee estimation has
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insufficient data (default: 0.0002)
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.HP
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\fB\-mintxfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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Fees (in BTC/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for
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transaction creation (default: 0.00001)
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.HP
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\fB\-paytxfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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Fee (in BTC/kB) to add to transactions you send (default: 0.00)
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.HP
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\fB\-rescan\fR
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.IP
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Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions on startup
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.HP
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\fB\-salvagewallet\fR
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.IP
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Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet on startup
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.HP
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\fB\-spendzeroconfchange\fR
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.IP
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Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-txconfirmtarget=\fR<n>
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.IP
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If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin
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confirmation on average within n blocks (default: 6)
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.HP
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\fB\-usehd\fR
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.IP
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Use hierarchical deterministic key generation (HD) after BIP32. Only has
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effect during wallet creation/first start (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-walletrbf\fR
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.IP
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Send transactions with full\-RBF opt\-in enabled (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-upgradewallet\fR
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.IP
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Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup
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.HP
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\fB\-wallet=\fR<file>
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.IP
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Specify wallet file (within data directory) (default: wallet.dat)
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.HP
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\fB\-walletbroadcast\fR
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.IP
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Make the wallet broadcast transactions (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-walletnotify=\fR<cmd>
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.IP
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Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced
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by TxID)
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.HP
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\fB\-zapwallettxes=\fR<mode>
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.IP
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Delete all wallet transactions and only recover those parts of the
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blockchain through \fB\-rescan\fR on startup (1 = keep tx meta data e.g.
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account owner and payment request information, 2 = drop tx meta
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data)
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.PP
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ZeroMQ notification options:
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.HP
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\fB\-zmqpubhashblock=\fR<address>
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.IP
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Enable publish hash block in <address>
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.HP
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\fB\-zmqpubhashtx=\fR<address>
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.IP
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Enable publish hash transaction in <address>
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.HP
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\fB\-zmqpubrawblock=\fR<address>
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.IP
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Enable publish raw block in <address>
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.HP
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\fB\-zmqpubrawtx=\fR<address>
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.IP
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Enable publish raw transaction in <address>
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.PP
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Debugging/Testing options:
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.HP
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\fB\-uacomment=\fR<cmt>
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.IP
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Append comment to the user agent string
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.HP
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\fB\-debug=\fR<category>
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.IP
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Output debugging information (default: 0, supplying <category> is
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optional). If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1,
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output all debugging information.<category> can be: addrman,
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alert, bench, cmpctblock, coindb, db, http, libevent, lock,
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mempool, mempoolrej, net, proxy, prune, rand, reindex, rpc,
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selectcoins, tor, zmq, qt.
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.HP
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\fB\-help\-debug\fR
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.IP
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Show all debugging options (usage: \fB\-\-help\fR \fB\-help\-debug\fR)
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.HP
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\fB\-logips\fR
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.IP
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Include IP addresses in debug output (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-logtimestamps\fR
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.IP
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Prepend debug output with timestamp (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-minrelaytxfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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Fees (in BTC/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying,
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mining and transaction creation (default: 0.00001)
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.HP
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\fB\-maxtxfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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Maximum total fees (in BTC) to use in a single wallet transaction or raw
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transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions
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(default: 0.10)
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.HP
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\fB\-printtoconsole\fR
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.IP
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Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file
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.HP
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\fB\-shrinkdebugfile\fR
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.IP
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Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no \fB\-debug\fR)
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.PP
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Chain selection options:
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.HP
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\fB\-testnet\fR
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.IP
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Use the test chain
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.PP
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Node relay options:
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.HP
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\fB\-bytespersigop\fR
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.IP
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Equivalent bytes per sigop in transactions for relay and mining
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(default: 20)
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.HP
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\fB\-datacarrier\fR
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.IP
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Relay and mine data carrier transactions (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-datacarriersize\fR
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.IP
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Maximum size of data in data carrier transactions we relay and mine
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(default: 83)
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.HP
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\fB\-mempoolreplacement\fR
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.IP
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Enable transaction replacement in the memory pool (default: 1)
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.PP
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Block creation options:
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.HP
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\fB\-blockmaxweight=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set maximum BIP141 block weight (default: 3000000)
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.HP
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\fB\-blockmaxsize=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set maximum block size in bytes (default: 750000)
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.HP
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\fB\-blockprioritysize=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set maximum size of high\-priority/low\-fee transactions in bytes
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(default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-blockmintxfee=\fR<amt>
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.IP
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Set lowest fee rate (in BTC/kB) for transactions to be included in block
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creation. (default: 0.00001)
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.PP
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RPC server options:
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.HP
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\fB\-server\fR
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.IP
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Accept command line and JSON\-RPC commands
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.HP
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\fB\-rest\fR
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.IP
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Accept public REST requests (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcbind=\fR<addr>
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.IP
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Bind to given address to listen for JSON\-RPC connections. Use
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[host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified
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multiple times (default: bind to all interfaces)
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.HP
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\fB\-rpccookiefile=\fR<loc>
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.IP
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Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcuser=\fR<user>
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.IP
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Username for JSON\-RPC connections
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcpassword=\fR<pw>
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.IP
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Password for JSON\-RPC connections
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcauth=\fR<userpw>
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.IP
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Username and hashed password for JSON\-RPC connections. The field
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<userpw> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<SALT>$<HASH>. A
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canonical python script is included in share/rpcuser. The client
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then connects normally using the
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rpcuser=<USERNAME>/rpcpassword=<PASSWORD> pair of arguments. This
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option can be specified multiple times
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcport=\fR<port>
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.IP
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Listen for JSON\-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet:
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18332)
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcallowip=\fR<ip>
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.IP
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Allow JSON\-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a
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single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g.
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1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This
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option can be specified multiple times
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.HP
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\fB\-rpcthreads=\fR<n>
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.IP
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Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)
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.PP
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UI Options:
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.HP
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\fB\-choosedatadir\fR
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.IP
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Choose data directory on startup (default: 0)
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.HP
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\fB\-lang=\fR<lang>
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.IP
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Set language, for example "de_DE" (default: system locale)
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.HP
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\fB\-min\fR
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.IP
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Start minimized
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.HP
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\fB\-rootcertificates=\fR<file>
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.IP
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Set SSL root certificates for payment request (default: \fB\-system\-\fR)
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.HP
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\fB\-splash\fR
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.IP
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Show splash screen on startup (default: 1)
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.HP
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\fB\-resetguisettings\fR
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.IP
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Reset all settings changed in the GUI
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2009-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
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Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
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<https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
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The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
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This is experimental software.
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Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
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or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
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This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
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OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
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Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
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