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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.13.
.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "March 2022" "bitcoin-wallet v23.0.0rc1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v23.0.0rc1
.SH DESCRIPTION
Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v23.0.0rc1
.PP
bitcoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
By default bitcoin\-wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.
To change the target wallet, use the \fB\-datadir\fR, \fB\-wallet\fR and \fB\-regtest\fR/\-signet/\-testnet arguments.
.SS "Usage:"
.IP
bitcoin\-wallet [options] <command>
.SH OPTIONS
.HP
\-?
.IP
Print this help message and exit
.HP
\fB\-datadir=\fR<dir>
.IP
Specify data directory
.HP
\fB\-descriptors\fR
.IP
Create descriptors wallet. Only for 'create'
.HP
\fB\-dumpfile=\fR<file name>
.IP
When used with 'dump', writes out the records to this file. When used
with 'createfromdump', loads the records into a new wallet.
.HP
\fB\-format=\fR<format>
.IP
The format of the wallet file to create. Either "bdb" or "sqlite". Only
used with 'createfromdump'
.HP
\fB\-legacy\fR
.IP
Create legacy wallet. Only for 'create'
.HP
\fB\-version\fR
.IP
Print version and exit
.HP
\fB\-wallet=\fR<wallet\-name>
.IP
Specify wallet name
.PP
Debugging/Testing options:
.HP
\fB\-debug=\fR<category>
.IP
Output debugging information (default: 0).
.HP
\fB\-printtoconsole\fR
.IP
Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no \fB\-debug\fR is true, 0
otherwise).
.PP
Chain selection options:
.HP
\fB\-chain=\fR<chain>
.IP
Use the chain <chain> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test,
signet, regtest
.HP
\fB\-signet\fR
.IP
Use the signet chain. Equivalent to \fB\-chain\fR=\fI\,signet\/\fR. Note that the network
is defined by the \fB\-signetchallenge\fR parameter
.HP
\fB\-signetchallenge\fR
.IP
Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for
signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test
network challenge)
.HP
\fB\-signetseednode\fR
.IP
Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname[:port]
format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify
multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test
network seed node(s))
.HP
\fB\-testnet\fR
.IP
Use the test chain. Equivalent to \fB\-chain\fR=\fI\,test\/\fR.
.PP
Commands:
.IP
create
.IP
Create new wallet file
.IP
createfromdump
.IP
Create new wallet file from dumped records
.IP
dump
.IP
Print out all of the wallet key\-value records
.IP
info
.IP
Get wallet info
.IP
salvage
.IP
Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet. Warning:
\&'salvage' is experimental.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers

Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
<https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software.
The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.

This is experimental software.
Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>