Best Guide For Bitcoin Core CLI

[BitcoinCanSaveUsAll]

Hi all,

I'm a long time Bitcoin Core node runner and was hoping that someone would be able to point me in the right direction as far as to where I could get a good summation for the various commands in terms of their proper syntax as well as a breakdown into what exactly each one does.  Of course the help feature is useful but I was hoping that there may be a more user friendly resource out there that's a good one stop shop with examples etc.  Thanks in advance for your feedback!

[un_rank]

Here is a list^[1] of commands not included in the help page. I hope it can be useful.

[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/623745ca74cf3f54b474dac106f5802b7929503f/src/rpc/server.cpp#L252

- Jay -

[witcher_sense]

Hi all,

I'm a long time Bitcoin Core node runner and was hoping that someone would be able to point me in the right direction as far as to where I could get a good summation for the various commands in terms of their proper syntax as well as a breakdown into what exactly each one does.  Of course the help feature is useful but I was hoping that there may be a more user friendly resource out there that's a good one stop shop with examples etc.  Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Here is a complete(?) list[1] of Bitcoin Core CLI commands divided into the following categories: blockchain, control, generating, mining, network, raw transactions, utils, and wallet. Each category consists of a list of specific commands as links, which you can follow in order to find out what this command is for, what it does and what the proper syntax is to make it work. Examples of usage are also included, which is very convenient both for developers and regular folks.


[1] https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/

[mocacinno]

An other option that hasn't been listed yet: https://chainquery.com/bitcoin-cli

This one lets you try out several commands on their online node...

[Greg Tonoski]

Unfortunately, there isn't any comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly resource like that. The knowlededge is scatter across many places in the Internet, e.g. "https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/tree/master", "https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/", release notes "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-25.0.md".

[NotATether]

Unfortunately, there isn't any comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly resource like that. The knowlededge is scatter across many places in the Internet, e.g. "https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/tree/master"
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This resource you have cited is one of the most reliable guides for using bitcoin-cli.

Although that doesn't make up for the fact that Bitcoin Core documentation could've been written in a more user-friendly and helpful way. Although that problem mainly comes for the fact that the documentation is more oriented towards Bitcoin Core developers rather than users.

[BitcoinCanSaveUsAll]

Thank you all very much for your feedback!