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Check status of daemon?

I have started bitcoind on my linux box. How can I ask it what its status is? I assume it is downloading the blockchain and will continue to do so for hours or days. How can I find out where it is in this process?
Harry Pillsbury
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How to enable replace-by-fee via command-line in bitcoin-core?

Alright, so I'm convinced replace-by-fee is a good thing. I've read it's opt-in, so how can I enable it in my bitcoin-core wallet? I don't find any flag to pass it when launching it. I want all my outgoing transaction have replace-by-fee enabled.
knocte
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Method not found when I use bitcoin-cli to generate blocks under regtest mode

As the picture shows,I am really confuesd.
jia tan
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Does Bitcoin Core accepts uncompressed address generation?

So one priv key express uncompressed and compressed pub key. Does the latest Bitcoin Core client accepts importing it to express uncompressed address? or it automatically express compressed address? I have not noticed related parameter for…
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Get input addresses of a transaction using electrum

I am using the latest (3.2.3) command line version of Electrum. I want to find the inputs of a transaction by looking at the history. The previous version of Electrum (that I was using 8 months ago) had a field (array) called input_addresses in its…
FedKad
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bitcoin core command line walletpassphrase incorrect but works for the main system?

My command line won't accept my passphrase, but on the main system it says it's correct and I can change it. I want to dump private key but no matter what I try, it continues to say incorrect passphrase. What can I do?
jessi d.
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Is it possible to run Bitcoin Core (GUI) at the same time as bitcoind?

I'm in a very frustrating situation. I used to run Bitcoin Core on Windows, without these problems, but ever since I switched to Linux (XFCE), and I of course have Bitcoin Core (GUI) starting automatically, I'm interrupted after like five minutes…
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How could be useful the softforks field that provides the RPC command getblockchaininfo?

When I execute the command getblockchaininfo I see useful information but I don't understand how to be useful the information that is displayed through field softforks, the example below: bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo "chain": "main", "blocks":…
decentralized.b
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How to disable initial block download

I want to create an original network by forking bitcoind. I changed chainparams.cpp and other programs for loading it. Then, I set DNS for my seed node. When I boot my seed node, my seed node tries to download blocks from others. However, there is…
chike
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GREP help: Bitcoin address/key buried as text somewhere on hdd

So in a drunken moment of genius I had forgotten about, I bought some bitcoin way back. And I buried the address and key in some file... I was being tricky lol. That likely also led me to abandon a wallet.dat completely. I'm learning to use grep…
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How to use deriveaddresses via a curl command

I am trying to use curl via SSH to utilize the deriveaddresses bitcoin-cli rpc command. let descriptor = "wpkh(xpub6Dy2ikUu5mXbDdhw2vAP1C4eiQM8rTz1NiWQt2BzGi83iHC2gEgTSD54JveyuHF9VLAqNkCGnee1jdBL7nA3JNorbqjSSS8DEV6Hn3PuNBt/*)#mn5jvyc3" let…
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What is the command line command in electrum to get my public bitcoin address from my private key?

I have a bitcoin private key and I want to get the bitcoin address from it. What is the command in the command line for electrum to extract this address?
Patoshi パトシ
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Label Sent Bitcoin Transaction

Is it possible to add a label to a sent bitcoin transaction using the bitcoin-cli?
daygle
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Used salvagewalllet, now it shows zero balance

I used the salvage wallet command in bitcoin. Now the new and old wallet files both say zero balance. Can anybody help me understand what`s going on?
Chad Michael Libby
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salvagewallet is not in the Bitcoin Core Console

I want to try the -salvagewallet command, but it is not in the console. What is the command line syntax?
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