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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 ~/.btcd/btcd.conf on POSIX-style operating systems and %LOCALAPPDATA%\btcd\btcd.conf on Windows. The -C (--configfile) flag, as shown below, can be used to override this location.

Usage:

btcd [OPTIONS]

Application Options:

    --addcheckpoint=        Add a custom checkpoint.  Format:
                            '<height>:<hash>'
-a, --addpeer=              Add a peer to connect with at startup
    --addrindex             Maintain a full address-based transaction index
                            which makes the searchrawtransactions RPC
                            available
    --banduration=          How long to ban misbehaving peers.  Valid time
                            units are {s, m, h}.  Minimum 1 second (default:
                            24h0m0s)
    --banthreshold=         Maximum allowed ban score before disconnecting
                            and banning misbehaving peers. (default: 100)
    --blockmaxsize=         Maximum block size in bytes to be used when
                            creating a block (default: 750000)
    --blockminsize=         Mininum block size in bytes to be used when
                            creating a block
    --blockmaxweight=       Maximum block weight to be used when creating a
                            block (default: 3000000)
    --blockminweight=       Mininum block weight to be used when creating a
                            block
    --blockprioritysize=    Size in bytes for high-priority/low-fee
                            transactions when creating a block (default:
                            50000)
    --blocksonly            Do not accept transactions from remote peers.
-C, --configfile=           Path to configuration file
    --connect=              Connect only to the specified peers at startup
    --cpuprofile=           Write CPU profile to the specified file
-b, --datadir=              Directory to store data
    --dbtype=               Database backend to use for the Block Chain
                            (default: ffldb)
-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 (default:
                            info)
    --dropaddrindex         Deletes the address-based transaction index from
                            the database on start up and then exits.
    --dropcfindex           Deletes the index used for committed filtering
                            (CF) support from the database on start up and
                            then exits.
    --droptxindex           Deletes the hash-based transaction index from the
                            database on start up and then exits.
    --externalip=           Add an ip to the list of local addresses we claim
                            to listen on to peers
    --generate              Generate (mine) bitcoins using the CPU
    --limitfreerelay=       Limit relay of transactions with no transaction
                            fee to the given amount in thousands of bytes per
                            minute (default: 15)
    --listen=               Add an interface/port to listen for connections
                            (default all interfaces port: 8333, testnet:
                            18333, signet: 38333)
    --logdir=               Directory to log output
    --maxorphantx=          Max number of orphan transactions to keep in
                            memory (default: 100)
    --maxpeers=             Max number of inbound and outbound peers
                            (default: 125)
    --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
    --minrelaytxfee=        The minimum transaction fee in BTC/kB to be
                            considered a non-zero fee. (default: 1e-05)
    --nobanning             Disable banning of misbehaving peers
    --nocfilters            Disable committed filtering (CF) support
    --nocheckpoints         Disable built-in checkpoints.  Don't do this
                            unless you know what you're doing.
    --nodnsseed             Disable DNS seeding for peers
    --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
    --noonion               Disable connecting to tor hidden services
    --nopeerbloomfilters    Disable bloom filtering support
    --norelaypriority       Do not require free or low-fee transactions to
                            have high priority for relaying
    --norpc                 Disable built-in RPC server -- NOTE: The RPC
                            server is disabled by default if no
                            rpcuser/rpcpass or rpclimituser/rpclimitpass is
                            specified
    --notls                 Disable TLS for the RPC server -- NOTE: This is
                            only allowed if the RPC server is bound to
                            localhost
    --onion=                Connect to tor hidden services via SOCKS5 proxy
                            (eg. 127.0.0.1:9050)
    --onionpass=            Password for onion proxy server
    --onionuser=            Username for onion proxy server
    --profile=              Enable HTTP profiling on given port -- NOTE port
                            must be between 1024 and 65536
    --proxy=                Connect via SOCKS5 proxy (eg. 127.0.0.1:9050)
    --proxypass=            Password for proxy server
    --proxyuser=            Username for proxy server
    --regtest               Use the regression test network
    --rejectnonstd          Reject non-standard transactions regardless of
                            the default settings for the active network.
    --relaynonstd           Relay non-standard transactions regardless of the
                            default settings for the active network.
    --rpccert=              File containing the certificate file
    --rpckey=               File containing the certificate key
    --rpclimitpass=         Password for limited RPC connections
    --rpclimituser=         Username for limited RPC connections
    --rpclisten=            Add an interface/port to listen for RPC
                            connections (default port: 8334, testnet: 18334)
    --rpcmaxclients=        Max number of RPC clients for standard
                            connections (default: 10)
    --rpcmaxconcurrentreqs= Max number of concurrent RPC requests that may be
                            processed concurrently (default: 20)
    --rpcmaxwebsockets=     Max number of RPC websocket connections (default:
                            25)
    --rpcquirks             Mirror some JSON-RPC quirks of Bitcoin Core --
                            NOTE: Discouraged unless interoperability issues
                            need to be worked around
-P, --rpcpass=              Password for RPC connections
-u, --rpcuser=              Username for RPC connections
    --sigcachemaxsize=      The maximum number of entries in the signature
                            verification cache (default: 100000)
    --simnet                Use the simulation test network
    --testnet               Use the test network
    --torisolation          Enable Tor stream isolation by randomizing user
                            credentials for each connection.
    --trickleinterval=      Minimum time between attempts to send new
                            inventory to a connected peer (default: 10s)
    --txindex               Maintain a full hash-based transaction index
                            which makes all transactions available via the
                            getrawtransaction RPC
    --uacomment=            Comment to add to the user agent -- See BIP 14
                            for more information.
    --upnp                  Use UPnP to map our listening port outside of NAT
-V, --version               Display version information and exit
    --whitelist=            Add an IP network or IP that will not be banned.
                            (eg. 192.168.1.0/24 or ::1)

Help Options:

-h, --help           Show this help message