Bitcoin Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Bitcoin Core

This chapter introduces what is Bitcoin Core.

Bitcoin Core Programs

Bitcoin Core Daemon

Bitcoin Core CLI

Bitcoin Core CLI Commands

Access Bitcoin Test Network "-testnet"

bitcoin-cli Network Commands

"bitcoin-cli getclock" Command

bitcoin-cli Transaction Commands

bitcoin-cli Wallet Commands

"bitcoin-cli encryptwallet" - Set Wallet Password

"bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase" - Unlock Wallet

"bitcoin-cli backupwallet" - Backup Wallet

Takeaways:

• Bitcoin Core is a package of Bitcoin programs that allows you to manage a Bitcoin wallet (to send and receive Bitcoin funds) and run a Bitcoin peer server (to be part of the Bitcoin network).
• bitcoin-qt.exe is the GUI program to manage Bitcoin wallet and peer server.
• bitcoind.exe is the daemon program running as a Bitcoin peer server.
• bitcoin-cli.exe is the command line interface to operate the Bitcoin peer server.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Bitcoin

 Bitcoin Blockchain

 Bitcoin Wallet

►Bitcoin Core

 Bitcoin Transaction

 Bitcoin-Qt - Bitcoin Core GUI

 Bitcoin Mining

 Bitcoin Consensus Rules

 Bitcoin Block Data Structure

 Bitcoin Transaction Data Structure

 Bitcoin Blockchain APIs

 Copay - Bitcoin Wallet

 Archived Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB

Bitcoin Core - Updated in 2022, by Herong Yang