Appendix A. Using bitcoin-cli
This appendix continues from “Running your own full node” in chapter 8. I’ll show you how to set up a Bitcoin wallet, receive and send bitcoins, and explore the Bitcoin blockchain using bitcoin-cli, Bitcoin Core’s command-line tool.
Note that this appendix won’t go into great depth on bitcoin-cli. This should only be regarded as a source of inspiration; it will provide you with the basics to get started. You’re encouraged to explore further.
Communicating with bitcoind
When bitcoind starts, it also starts a web server that listens on TCP port 8332 by default. When you use bitcoin-cli, it will connect to the web server, send your command to the web server over HTTP, and display relevant parts of the response to ...
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