NAME¶

bitcoin-util - miscellaneous Bitcoin utilities

SYNOPSIS¶

bitcoin-util [options] [commands] Do stuff

DESCRIPTION¶

Miscellaneous Bitcoin utilities

OPTIONS¶

-?

Print this help message and exit

-version

Print version and exit

Debugging/Testing options:

Chain selection options:

-chain=<chain>

Use the chain <chain> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test, signet, regtest

-signet

Use the signet chain. Equivalent to -chain=signet. Note that the network is defined by the -signetchallenge parameter

-signetchallenge

Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test network challenge)

-signetseednode

Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname[:port] format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test network seed node(s))

-testnet

Use the test chain. Equivalent to -chain=test.

Commands:

grind

Perform proof of work on hex header string