bitcoin-wallet − manual page for bitcoin-wallet v25.1.0
Bitcoin Core bitcoin−wallet version v25.1.0
bitcoin−wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files. By default bitcoin−wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir. To change the target wallet, use the −datadir, −wallet and −regtest/−signet/−testnet arguments.
bitcoin−wallet [options] <command>
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−? |
Print this help message and exit
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−datadir=<dir> |
Specify data directory
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−descriptors |
Create descriptors wallet. Only for ’create’
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−dumpfile=<file name> |
When used with ’dump’, writes out the records to this file. When used with ’createfromdump’, loads the records into a new wallet.
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−format=<format> |
The format of the wallet file to create. Either "bdb" or "sqlite". Only used with ’createfromdump’
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−legacy |
Create legacy wallet. Only for ’create’
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−version |
Print version and exit
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−wallet=<wallet−name> |
Specify wallet name
Debugging/Testing options:
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−debug=<category> |
Output debugging information (default: 0).
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−printtoconsole |
Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no −debug is true, 0 otherwise).
Chain selection options:
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−chain=<chain> |
Use the chain <chain> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test, signet, regtest
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−signet |
Use the signet chain. Equivalent to −chain=signet. Note that the network is defined by the −signetchallenge parameter
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−signetchallenge |
Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test network challenge)
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−signetseednode |
Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname[:port] format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test network seed node(s))
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−testnet |
Use the test chain. Equivalent to −chain=test.
Commands:
create
Create new wallet file
createfromdump
Create new wallet file from dumped records
dump
Print out all of the wallet key−value records
info
Get wallet info
salvage
Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet. Warning: ’salvage’ is experimental.
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