.TH "./SIAC\-RENTER\-SETALLOWANCE" "1" "Apr 2017" "Auto generated by spf13/cobra" "siac Manual" 
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.SH NAME
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\&./siac\-\&renter\-\&setallowance \- Set the allowance


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fB\&./siac renter setallowance [amount] [period]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Set the amount of money that can be spent over a given period.

.PP
amount is given in currency units (SC, KS, etc.)

.PP
period is given in either blocks (b), hours (h), days (d), or weeks (w). A
block is approximately 10 minutes, so one hour is six blocks, a day is 144
blocks, and a week is 1008 blocks.

.PP
Note that setting the allowance will cause siad to immediately begin forming
contracts! You should only set the allowance once you are fully synced and you
have a reasonable number (>30) of hosts in your hostdb.


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
.PP
\fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-addr\fP="localhost:9980"
    which host/port to communicate with (i.e. the host/port siad is listening on)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fB\&./siac\-\&renter(1)\fP


.SH HISTORY
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29\-Apr\-2017 Auto generated by spf13/cobra