/usr/bin/bitcoind --help Bitcoin version v0.8.5.0-gef14a26-beta Usage: bitcoind [options] bitcoind [options] [params] Send command to -server or bitcoind bitcoind [options] help List commands bitcoind [options] help Get help for a command Options: -? This help message -conf= Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf) -pid= Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid) -gen Generate coins (default: 0) -datadir= Specify data directory -dbcache= Set database cache size in megabytes (default: 25) -timeout= Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000) -proxy= Connect through socks proxy -socks= Select the version of socks proxy to use (4-5, default: 5) -tor= Use proxy to reach tor hidden services (default: same as -proxy) -dns Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect -port= Listen for connections on (default: 8333 or testnet: 18333) -maxconnections= Maintain at most connections to peers (default: 125) -addnode= Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open -connect= Connect only to the specified node(s) -seednode= Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect -externalip= Specify your own public address -onlynet= Only connect to nodes in network (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor) -discover Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip) -checkpoints Only accept block chain matching built-in checkpoints (default: 1) -listen Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect) -bind= Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6 -dnsseed Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect) -banscore= Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100) -bantime= Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400) -maxreceivebuffer= Maximum per-connection receive buffer, *1000 bytes (default: 5000) -maxsendbuffer= Maximum per-connection send buffer, *1000 bytes (default: 1000) -paytxfee= Fee per KB to add to transactions you send -daemon Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands -testnet Use the test network -debug Output extra debugging information. Implies all other -debug* options -debugnet Output extra network debugging information -logtimestamps Prepend debug output with timestamp -shrinkdebugfile Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug) -printtoconsole Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file -rpcuser= Username for JSON-RPC connections -rpcpassword= Password for JSON-RPC connections -rpcport= Listen for JSON-RPC connections on (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332) -rpcallowip= Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address -rpcconnect= Send commands to node running on (default: 127.0.0.1) -rpcthreads= Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4) -blocknotify= Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash) -walletnotify= Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID) -alertnotify= Execute command when a relevant alert is received (%s in cmd is replaced by message) -upgradewallet Upgrade wallet to latest format -keypool= Set key pool size to (default: 100) -rescan Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions -salvagewallet Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet.dat -checkblocks= How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all) -checklevel= How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3) -txindex Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0) -loadblock= Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file -reindex Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files -par= Set the number of script verification threads (up to 16, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: 0) Block creation options: -blockminsize= Set minimum block size in bytes (default: 0) -blockmaxsize= Set maximum block size in bytes (default: 250000) -blockprioritysize= Set maximum size of high-priority/low-fee transactions in bytes (default: 27000) SSL options: (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions) -rpcssl Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections -rpcsslcertificatechainfile= Server certificate file (default: server.cert) -rpcsslprivatekeyfile= Server private key (default: server.pem) -rpcsslciphers= Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)