NAME
bitcoin - manual page for bitcoin v32.1.0
SYNOPSIS
bitcoin [OPTIONS] COMMAND...
OPTIONS
- -m, --multiprocess
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Run multiprocess binaries bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui.
- -M, --monolithic
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Run monolithic binaries bitcoind, bitcoin-qt. (Default behavior)
- -v, --version
-
Show version information
- -h, --help
-
Show full help message
Commands:
- gui [ARGS]
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Start GUI, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-qt [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-gui [ARGS]'.
- node [ARGS]
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Start node, equivalent to running 'bitcoind [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-node [ARGS]'.
- rpc [ARGS]
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Call RPC method, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-cli -named [ARGS]'.
- wallet [ARGS]
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Call wallet command, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-wallet [ARGS]'.
- tx [ARGS]
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Manipulate hex-encoded transactions, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-tx [ARGS]'.
- help
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Show full help message.
Additional less commonly used commands:
- bench [ARGS]
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Run bench command, equivalent to running 'bench_bitcoin [ARGS]'.
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chainstate [ARGS] Run bitcoin kernel chainstate util, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-chainstate [ARGS]'. test [ARGS] Run unit tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin [ARGS]'. test-gui [ARGS] Run GUI unit tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin-qt [ARGS]'.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers
Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit <https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software. The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <https://opensource.org/license/MIT>
SEE ALSO
bitcoin(1), bitcoind(1), bitcoin-cli(1), bitcoin-tx(1), bitcoin-wallet(1), bitcoin-util(1), bitcoin-qt(1)