ppcd-old

Overview ¶

btcd is a full-node bitcoin implementation written in Go.

The default options are sane for most users. This means btcd will work 'out of the box' for most users. However, there are also a wide variety of flags that can be used to control it.

The following section provides a usage overview which enumerates the flags. An interesting point to note is that the long form of all of these options (except -C) can be specified in a configuration file that is automatically parsed when btcd starts up. By default, the configuration file is located at ~/.ppcd/ppcd.conf on POSIX-style operating systems and %LOCALAPPDATA%\ppcd\ppcd.conf on Windows. The -C (--configfile) flag, as shown below, can be used to override this location.

Usage:

btcd [OPTIONS]

Application Options:

-V, --version            Display version information and exit
-C, --configfile=        Path to configuration file
-b, --datadir=           Directory to store data
-a, --addpeer=           Add a peer to connect with at startup
    --connect=           Connect only to the specified peers at startup
    --nolisten           Disable listening for incoming connections -- NOTE:
                         Listening is automatically disabled if the --connect
                         or --proxy options are used without also specifying
                         listen interfaces via --listen
    --listen=            Add an interface/port to listen for connections
                         (default all interfaces port: 8333, testnet: 18333)
    --maxpeers=          Max number of inbound and outbound peers (125)
    --banduration=       How long to ban misbehaving peers.  Valid time units
                         are {s, m, h}.  Minimum 1 second (24h0m0s)
-u, --rpcuser=           Username for RPC connections
-P, --rpcpass=           Password for RPC connections
    --rpclimituser=      Username for limited RPC connections
    --rpclimitpass=      Password for limited RPC connections
    --rpclisten=         Add an interface/port to listen for RPC connections
                         (default port: 8334, testnet: 18334)
    --rpccert=           File containing the certificate file
    --rpckey=            File containing the certificate key
    --rpcmaxclients=     Max number of RPC clients for standard connections
                         (10)
    --rpcmaxwebsockets=  Max number of RPC clients for standard connections
                         (25)
    --norpc              Disable built-in RPC server -- NOTE: The RPC server
                         is disabled by default if no rpcuser/rpcpass is
                         specified
    --notls              Disable TLS for the RPC server -- NOTE: This is only
                         allowed if the RPC server is bound to localhost
    --nodnsseed          Disable DNS seeding for peers
    --externalip:        Add an ip to the list of local addresses we claim to
                         listen on to peers
    --proxy=             Connect via SOCKS5 proxy (eg. 127.0.0.1:9050)
    --proxyuser=         Username for proxy server
    --proxypass=         Password for proxy server
    --onion=             Connect to tor hidden services via SOCKS5 proxy (eg.
                         127.0.0.1:9050)
    --onionuser=         Username for onion proxy server
    --onionpass=         Password for onion proxy server
    --noonion=           Disable connecting to tor hidden services
    --tor=               Specifies the proxy server used is a Tor node
    --testnet=           Use the test network
    --regtest=           Use the regression test network
    --nocheckpoints=     Disable built-in checkpoints.  Don't do this unless
                         you know what you're doing.
    --dbtype=            Database backend to use for the Block Chain (leveldb)
    --profile=           Enable HTTP profiling on given port -- NOTE port must
                         be between 1024 and 65536 (6060)
    --cpuprofile=        Write CPU profile to the specified file
-d, --debuglevel:        Logging level for all subsystems {trace, debug, info,
                         warn, error, critical} -- You may also specify
                         <subsystem>=<level>,<subsystem2>=<level>,... to set
                         the log level for individual subsystems -- Use show
                         to list available subsystems (info)
    --upnp               Use UPnP to map our listening port outside of NAT
    --limitfreerelay=    Limit relay of transactions with no transaction fee
                         to the given amount in thousands of bytes per minute
                         (15)

    --generate=          Generate (mine) bitcoins using the CPU
    --miningaddr=        Add the specified payment address to the list of
                         addresses to use for generated blocks -- At least
                         one address is required if the generate option is set
    --blockminsize=      Mininum block size in bytes to be used when creating
                         a block
    --blockmaxsize=      Maximum block size in bytes to be used when creating
                         a block (750000)
    --blockprioritysize= Size in bytes for high-priority/low-fee transactions
                         when creating a block (50000)
    --getworkkey=        DEPRECATED -- Use the --miningaddr option instead
    --addrindex=         Build and maintain a full address index. Currently
                         only supported by leveldb.
    --dropaddrindex=     Deletes the address-based transaction index from the
                         database on start up, and the exits.

Help Options:

-h, --help           Show this help message