bitcoin(1)

bitcoin1

Manual page for bitcoin v32.1.0

Usage

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]'.

From bitcoin-tx 32.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.