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TL;DR

bitcoind

Bitcoin Core daemon. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: https://manned.org/bitcoind.

  • Start the Bitcoin Core daemon (in the foreground):

bitcoind

  • Start the Bitcoin Core daemon in the background (use bitcoin-cli stop to stop):

bitcoind -daemon

  • Start the Bitcoin Core daemon on a specific network:

bitcoind -chain=main|test|signet|regtest

  • Start the Bitcoin Core daemon using specific config file and data directory:

bitcoind -conf=path/to/bitcoin.conf -datadir=path/to/directory

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