Re: IPv6, headless client, and more

Quote from: HarryS on June 26, 2010, 11:17:51 PM

I am also running bitcond 1.3 (RC?) that satoshi just posted. How do I use it though? There aren't many docs on using bitcoind... it just said "starting bitcoin server", and my IP appears in the #bitcoin room on irc.lfnet.org. How would I figure out my bitcoin address, how many coins I have, send to other people, etc?

You can talk to the running bitcoind either by:
1. sending JSON-RPC calls; see http://www.bitcoin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=api for more details.
2. re-running bitcoind and giving it extra arguments; it will figure out that there's already a bitcoind running and will pass along the commands.

For example, running "bitcoind help" gives you the list of commands it understands:

Code:

bitcoind help
getaddressesbylabel
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
getreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1]
getbalance
getblockcount
getblocknumber
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
getinfo
getlabel
getnewaddress [label]
getreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1]
getreceivedbylabel [minconf=1]
help
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbylabel [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listtransactions [count=10] [includegenerated=false]
sendtoaddress [comment] [comment-to]
setgenerate [genproclimit]
setlabel
stop

To figure out what your bitcoin address is, run:
~~bitcoind getaddressesbylabel ""~~
~~(your default address has the empty string as its label).~~

Code:

bitcoind getaddressesbylabel "Your Address"

To figure out how many coins you have, run:

Code:

bitcoind getbalance

Code:

bitcoind getinfo

Regarding running headless: the non-daemon bitcoin will run via remote (e.g. ssh forwarded) X-windows, if you install the necessary X11-client stuff on your server.