startmining

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startmining "address" Start the mining thread and mine to a specified address Arguments: 1. address (string, required) The address to send the newly generated cAIsh to. Result: "str" (string) Greeting message Examples: > bitcoin-cli startmining "myaddress"

Signature

startmining(address: string) → any

Code samples

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

bitcoin-cli startmining "myaddress"

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "startmining",
        "params": ["\"<address>\""],
    },
    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: "startmining",
    params: ["\"<address>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Parameters

Name	Type	Req.	Description
address	`string`	yes	The address to send the newly generated cAIsh to.

Result

Type: any

"str" (string) Greeting message

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/rpc/custom.cpp:105

C++ symbol: startmining

Code samples

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

bitcoin-cli startmining "myaddress"

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "startmining",
        "params": ["\"<address>\""],
    },
    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: "startmining",
    params: ["\"<address>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());