---
name: "bitcoin"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bitcoin-tx"
version: "32.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bitcoin"
---

# bitcoin(1)

manual page for bitcoin v32.1.0

## NAME

bitcoin - manual page for bitcoin v32.1.0

## SYNOPSIS

**bitcoin** \[*OPTIONS*\] *COMMAND*...

## OPTIONS

- **-m**, **--multiprocess**

  Run multiprocess binaries bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui.

- **-M**, **--monolithic**

  Run monolithic binaries bitcoind, bitcoin-qt. (Default behavior)

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version information

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show full help message

### Commands:

- gui \[ARGS\]

  Start GUI, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-qt \[ARGS\]' or 'bitcoin-gui \[ARGS\]'.

- node \[ARGS\]

  Start node, equivalent to running 'bitcoind \[ARGS\]' or 'bitcoin-node \[ARGS\]'.

- rpc \[ARGS\]

  Call RPC method, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-cli **-named** \[ARGS\]'.

- wallet \[ARGS\]

  Call wallet command, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-wallet \[ARGS\]'.

- tx \[ARGS\]

  Manipulate hex-encoded transactions, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-tx \[ARGS\]'.

- help

  Show full help message.

### Additional less commonly used commands:

- bench \[ARGS\]

  Run bench command, equivalent to running 'bench\_bitcoin \[ARGS\]'.

-

  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)](/bitcoin/1.md), [bitcoind(1)](/bitcoind/1.md), [bitcoin-cli(1)](/bitcoin-cli/1.md), [bitcoin-tx(1)](/bitcoin-tx/1.md), [bitcoin-wallet(1)](/bitcoin-wallet/1.md), [bitcoin-util(1)](/bitcoin-util/1.md), [bitcoin-qt(1)](/bitcoin-qt/1.md)