1BITCOIN-WALLET(1)                User Commands               BITCOIN-WALLET(1)
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NAME

6       bitcoin-wallet - manual page for bitcoin-wallet v23.0.0
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DESCRIPTION

9       Bitcoin Core bitcoin-wallet version v23.0.0
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11       bitcoin-wallet  is  an  offline  tool for creating and interacting with
12       Bitcoin Core wallet files.  By default bitcoin-wallet will act on  wal‐
13       lets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.  To change
14       the    target    wallet,    use    the    -datadir,     -wallet     and
15       -regtest/-signet/-testnet arguments.
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17   Usage:
18              bitcoin-wallet [options] <command>
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OPTIONS

21       -?
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23              Print this help message and exit
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25       -datadir=<dir>
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27              Specify data directory
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29       -descriptors
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31              Create descriptors wallet. Only for 'create'
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33       -dumpfile=<file name>
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35              When used with 'dump', writes out the records to this file. When
36              used with 'createfromdump', loads the records into a new wallet.
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38       -format=<format>
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40              The format of  the  wallet  file  to  create.  Either  "bdb"  or
41              "sqlite". Only used with 'createfromdump'
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45              Create legacy wallet. Only for 'create'
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47       -version
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49              Print version and exit
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51       -wallet=<wallet-name>
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53              Specify wallet name
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55       Debugging/Testing options:
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57       -debug=<category>
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59              Output debugging information (default: 0).
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61       -printtoconsole
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63              Send  trace/debug  info to console (default: 1 when no -debug is
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66       Chain selection options:
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68       -chain=<chain>
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70              Use the chain <chain> (default:  main).  Allowed  values:  main,
71              test, signet, regtest
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75              Use the signet chain. Equivalent to -chain=signet. Note that the
76              network is defined by the -signetchallenge parameter
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80              Blocks must satisfy the given  script  to  be  considered  valid
81              (only for signet networks; defaults to the global default signet
82              test network challenge)
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84       -signetseednode
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86              Specify a seed  node  for  the  signet  network,  in  the  host‐
87              name[:port]  format,  e.g.  sig.net:1234  (may  be used multiple
88              times to specify multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global de‐
89              fault signet test network seed node(s))
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91       -testnet
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93              Use the test chain. Equivalent to -chain=test.
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95       Commands:
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97              create
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99              Create new wallet file
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101              createfromdump
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103              Create new wallet file from dumped records
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105              dump
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107              Print out all of the wallet key-value records
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109              info
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111              Get wallet info
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113              salvage
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115              Attempt  to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet. Warning:
116              'salvage' is experimental.
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119       Copyright (C) 2009-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
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121       Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit  <https://bit‐
122       coincore.org/>  for further information about the software.  The source
123       code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
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125       This is experimental software.  Distributed under the MIT software  li‐
126       cense, see the accompanying file COPYING or <https://opensource.org/li‐
127       censes/MIT>
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