settxfee

settxfee amount (DEPRECATED) Set the transaction fee rate in BTC/kvB for this wallet. Overrides the global -paytxfee command line parameter. Can be deactivated by passing 0 as the fee. In that case automatic fee selection will be used by default. Arguments: 1. amount (numeric or string, required) The transaction fee rate in BTC/kvB Result: true|false (boolean) Returns true if successful Examples: > bitcoin-cli settxfee 0.00001 > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "settxfee", "params": [0.00001]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Signature

settxfee(amount: any) → any

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"settxfee","params":["\"<amount>\""]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli settxfee 0.00001

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "settxfee", "params": [0.00001]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "settxfee",
        "params": ["\"<amount>\""],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "settxfee",
    params: ["\"<amount>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Parameters

Name	Type	Req.	Description
amount	`number \| string`	yes	The transaction fee rate in BTC/kvB

Result

Type: any

true|false (boolean) Returns true if successful

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp:577

C++ symbol: settxfee

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"settxfee","params":["\"<amount>\""]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli settxfee 0.00001

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "settxfee", "params": [0.00001]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "settxfee",
        "params": ["\"<amount>\""],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "settxfee",
    params: ["\"<amount>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());