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BITCOIN(1)			  User Commands 		      BITCOIN(1)

NAME
     bitcoin - manual page for bitcoin v31.0.0

SYNOPSIS
     bitcoin [OPTIONS] COMMAND...

OPTIONS
     -m, --multiprocess
	    Run multiprocess binaries bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui.

     -M, --monolithic
	    Run monolithic binaries bitcoind, bitcoin-qt. (Default behavior)

     -v, --version
	    Show version information

     -h, --help
	    Show full help message

   Commands:
     gui [ARGS]
	    Start GUI, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-qt [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-gui
	    [ARGS]'.

     node [ARGS]
	    Start node, equivalent to running 'bitcoind [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-node
	    [ARGS]'.

     rpc [ARGS]
	    Call RPC method, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-cli -named [ARGS]'.

     wallet [ARGS]
	    Call wallet command, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-wallet [ARGS]'.

     tx [ARGS]
	    Manipulate	hex-encoded  transactions,  equivalent	to running 'bit-
	    coin-tx [ARGS]'.

     help   Show full help message.

   Additional less commonly used commands:
     bench [ARGS]
	    Run bench command, equivalent to running 'bench_bitcoin [ARGS]'.

	    chainstate [ARGS] Run bitcoin kernel chainstate util, equivalent  to
	    running  'bitcoin-chainstate  [ARGS]'.   test  [ARGS]	Run unit
	    tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin [ARGS]'.  test-gui [ARGS]
	    Run GUI unit tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin-qt [ARGS]'.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers

     Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit  <https://bitcoin-
     core.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/license/MIT>

SEE ALSO
     bitcoin(1), bitcoind(1), bitcoin-cli(1), bitcoin-tx(1),  bitcoin-wallet(1),
     bitcoin-util(1), bitcoin-qt(1)

bitcoin v31.0.0 		   April 2026			      BITCOIN(1)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bitcoin&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>

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