BITCOIN(1)

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version 31.1 · 4 versions
, in epel 10, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 BITCOIN 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for bitcoin — that's bitcoin v31.1.0 specifically, like the actual command-line entry point, and she's giving main character energy. Let me walk you through it because honestly? it's so much simpler than it looks. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

bitcoin — the manual page for bitcoin v31.1.0. that's it, that's the name, periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bitcoin [OPTIONS] COMMAND...

so you give her some OPTIONS, and then a COMMAND, and then she goes. iconic behaviour honestly. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -m, --multiprocess — run the multiprocess binaries bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui. yes queen, split it all up. 💫
  • -M, --monolithic — run the monolithic binaries bitcoind, bitcoin-qt. this is the default behavior, so if you don't say anything, this is what you get. no cap. 🫶
  • -v, --version — show version information. short and sweet, she ate. ⭐
  • -h, --help — show the full help message. your bestie when you're lost. 😭

💜 Commands: 💜

  • gui [ARGS] — start the GUI. literally equivalent to running bitcoin-qt [ARGS] or bitcoin-gui [ARGS]. 🎀
  • node [ARGS] — start the node. equivalent to running bitcoind [ARGS] or bitcoin-node [ARGS]. the backbone, fr fr. 🔥
  • rpc [ARGS] — call an RPC method. equivalent to running bitcoin-cli -named [ARGS]. so handy. ✨
  • wallet [ARGS] — call a wallet command. equivalent to running bitcoin-wallet [ARGS]. 💖
  • tx [ARGS] — manipulate hex-encoded transactions. equivalent to running bitcoin-tx [ARGS]. 🦋
  • help — show the full help message. (yes, again. she's thorough.) 🌸

🌈 Additional less commonly used commands: 🌈

ngl these ones are the deep cuts, iykyk. 🕵️

  • bench [ARGS] — run the bench command. equivalent to running bench_bitcoin [ARGS]. ⚡
  • chainstate [ARGS] — run the 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 (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>.

okay so this part is important, bestie — this is experimental software. like, she's saying it herself, don't come for me. 😭

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)

go read those too, they're all slaying in their own way. 💜

so yeah, that's the whole vibe. 🧚

bitcoin v31.1.0, from July 2026, brought to you by the BITCOIN(1) manual — mwah, love her, obsessed, bye bestie!! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

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