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#Picocoin

Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

libccoin library dependencies: OpenSSL

picocoin client dependencies: OpenSSL libevent 2.x jansson 2.x (2.1 used for development)

block relay daemon (brd) dependencies: OpenSSL libevent 2.x

Command line and configuration file usage

In general, the program stores settings in a key/value map. These key=value parameters may be specified on the command line, or in a configuration file.

The command line is processed in-order. For example

$ ./picocoin value=1 list-settings value=2 list-settings

will execute the "list-settings" command twice, each with "value" setting initialized to a different parameter.

Similarly, you may read multiple configuration files into the settings map:

$ ./picocoin config=file1 config=file2 config=file3

Recognized parameters

addnode

Format: address SPACE port

Manually add P2P node to peer manager.

config (alias "c")

Specify a pathname to the configuration file.

wallet (alias "w")

Specify a pathname to the wallet data file. Default "picocoin.wallet"

AES encryption is applied to the wallet. Passphrase is specified via environment variable PICOCOIN_PASSPHRASE.

debug

Enable additional debug output.

net.connect.timeout

TCP connect(2) timeout.

Recognized commands

chain-set

Select blockchain and network. Reads the "chain" settings variable. Acceptable values are "chain=bitcoin" and "chain=testnet3". Updates internal parameters (pchMessageStart / network magic, genesis block, ...)

dns-seeds

Query and display bitcoin DNS seeds, for P2P node addresses.

help

Output these commands and recognized settings.

list-settings

Display settings map.

new-address

Generate a new bitcoin address (ECDSA keypair). Store it in the current wallet,

new-wallet

Initialize a new wallet. Refuses to initialize, if the filename already exists.

netsync

Synchronize with network: send any pending payments, and check for new incoming payments.

wallet-addr

List all bitcoin addresses in wallet.

wallet-dump

Dump entire wallet contents, including all private keys.

wallet-info

Informational summary of wallet data.

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