Encrypting Wallet From Command Line

[mrflibblehat]

Hi,

I have bitcoind running on ubuntu with BTC in the wallet and have a couple of questions.

1) Is there a way to encrypt this from the command line? or do I need to encrypt it from Bitcoin-QT?

2) as im running a server is it even a good idea to encrypt the wallet?

Thanks

[CIYAM]

The RPC method to change the passphrase is: walletpassphrasechange (it's right at the bottom of the RPC calls listed here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list).

As regarding whether that matters when running a server it just depends upon whether that server is going to *use* a wallet (it is actually possible now to start up the server without a wallet at all).

If your bitcoin server doesn't need a wallet then perhaps consider using the -disablewallet option.

[mrflibblehat]

The RPC method to change the passphrase is: walletpassphrasechange (it's right at the bottom of the RPC calls listed here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list).

As regarding whether that matters when running a server it just depends upon whether that server is going to *use* a wallet (it is actually possible now to start up the server without a wallet at all).

Thank you for your help

[Justin00]

Are you trying to encrypt an unencrypted wallet for the first time ?

If so, you can do it with "encryptwallet <passphrase>" command

List of commands is here if you need it for future ref
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list