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1.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
2.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "October 2026" "bitcoin-wallet v32.1.0" "User Commands"
3.SH NAME
4bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v32.1.0
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B bitcoin-wallet
7[\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command>\/\fR
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet utility version v32.1.0
10.PP
11bitcoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
12.PP
13By default bitcoin\-wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.
14.PP
15To change the target wallet, use the \fB\-datadir\fR, \fB\-wallet\fR and (test)chain selection arguments.
16.SH OPTIONS
17.HP
18\fB\-datadir=\fR<dir>
19.IP
20Specify data directory
21.HP
22\fB\-help\fR
23.IP
24Print this help message and exit (also \fB\-h\fR or \-?)
25.HP
26\fB\-version\fR
27.IP
28Print version and exit
29.HP
30\fB\-wallet=\fR<wallet\-name>
31.IP
32Specify wallet name
33.PP
34Debugging/Testing options:
35.HP
36\fB\-debug=\fR<category>
37.IP
38Output debugging information (default: 0).
39.HP
40\fB\-printtoconsole\fR
41.IP
42Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no \fB\-debug\fR is true, 0
43otherwise).
44.PP
45Chain selection options:
46.HP
47\fB\-chain=\fR<chain>
48.IP
49Use the chain <chain> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test,
50testnet4, signet, regtest
51.HP
52\fB\-signet\fR
53.IP
54Use the signet chain. Equivalent to \fB\-chain\fR=\fI\,signet\/\fR. Note that the network
55is defined by the \fB\-signetchallenge\fR parameter
56.HP
57\fB\-signetchallenge\fR
58.IP
59Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for
60signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test
61network challenge)
62.HP
63\fB\-signetseednode\fR
64.IP
65Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname[:port]
66format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify
67multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test
68network seed node(s))
69.HP
70\fB\-testnet\fR
71.IP
72Use the testnet3 chain. Equivalent to \fB\-chain\fR=\fI\,test\/\fR. Support for testnet3
73is deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming release.
74Consider moving to testnet4 now by using \fB\-testnet4\fR.
75.HP
76\fB\-testnet4\fR
77.IP
78Use the testnet4 chain. Equivalent to \fB\-chain\fR=\fI\,testnet4\/\fR.
79.PP
80Commands:
81.IP
82create
83.IP
84Create a new descriptor wallet file
85.IP
86createfromdump
87.IP
88Create new wallet file from dumped records
89.HP
90\fB\-dumpfile=\fR<file name>
91.IP
92When used with 'dump', writes out the records to this file. When
93used with 'createfromdump', loads the records into a
94new wallet.
95.IP
96dump
97.IP
98Print out all of the wallet key\-value records
99.HP
100\fB\-dumpfile=\fR<file name>
101.IP
102When used with 'dump', writes out the records to this file. When
103used with 'createfromdump', loads the records into a
104new wallet.
105.IP
106info
107.IP
108Get wallet info
109.SH COPYRIGHT
110Copyright (C) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers
111
112Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
113<https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software.
114The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
115
116This is experimental software.
117Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
118or <https://opensource.org/license/MIT>
119.SH "SEE ALSO"
120bitcoin(1), bitcoind(1), bitcoin-cli(1), bitcoin-tx(1), bitcoin-wallet(1), bitcoin-util(1), bitcoin-qt(1)
121

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src/script/descriptor.cpp

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

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src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

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src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

src/crypto/sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.cpp

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.cpp

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.cpp

src/support/cleanse.h

src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

src/rpc/request.cpp

src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

src/rpc/output_script.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp

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src/rpc/request.h

src/rpc/server_util.h

src/rpc/protocol.h

src/rpc/server.h

src/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/rpc/txoutproof.cpp

src/rpc/util.cpp

src/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp

src/wallet/coincontrol.h

src/wallet/context.cpp

src/wallet/context.h

src/wallet/crypter.cpp

src/wallet/crypter.h

src/wallet/db.cpp

src/wallet/export.cpp

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.h

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src/index/base.cpp

src/index/txindex.h

src/index/txindex.cpp

src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

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src/index/coinstatsindex.h

src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp

src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

src/kernel/chain.cpp

src/kernel/chain.h

src/kernel/checks.cpp

src/kernel/checks.h

src/kernel/context.cpp

src/kernel/context.h

src/kernel/cs_main.cpp

src/kernel/cs_main.h

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.cpp

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src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h

src/kernel/coinstats.cpp

src/kernel/coinstats.h

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

src/kernel/chainparams.h

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

src/wallet/sqlite.h

src/wallet/transaction.cpp

src/wallet/transaction.h

src/wallet/dump.cpp

src/wallet/dump.h

src/wallet/init.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.h

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

src/wallet/wallettool.h

src/wallet/export.h

src/wallet/migrate.cpp

src/wallet/migrate.h

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src/wallet/walletdb.cpp

src/wallet/interfaces.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

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src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

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src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp

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src/kernel/warning.h

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src/common/license_info.h

src/node/coins_view_args.h

src/node/database_args.h

src/util/batchpriority.h

src/util/ui_change_type.h

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src/node/peerman_args.h

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src/node/blockmanager_args.h

src/node/database_args.cpp

src/util/overloaded.h

src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

src/util/macros.h

src/util/syserror.h

src/common/run_command.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.cpp

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src/util/exec.h

src/util/rbf.h

src/crypto/hex_base.h

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src/interfaces/echo.h

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src/util/batchpriority.cpp

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src/node/coin.h

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src/util/asmap.h

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src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

src/common/init.h

src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

src/common/system.h

src/crypto/sha3.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.cpp

src/node/protocol_version.h

src/util/exception.cpp

src/common/messages.h

src/node/connection_types.cpp

src/util/bip32.h

src/common/license_info.cpp

src/util/stdmutex.h

src/common/run_command.cpp

src/util/check.cpp

src/util/golombrice.h

src/node/types.h

src/node/timeoffsets.h

src/util/readwritefile.cpp

src/util/fastrange.h

src/util/signalinterrupt.h

src/util/task_runner.h

src/util/syserror.cpp

src/common/interfaces.cpp

src/common/types.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.h

src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h

src/node/psbt.h

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.h

src/util/trace.h

src/common/url.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_options.h

src/util/serfloat.cpp

src/kernel/notifications_interface.h

src/node/timeoffsets.cpp

src/node/warnings.cpp

src/util/hash_type.h

src/crypto/hex_base.cpp

src/node/eviction.h

src/util/tokenbucket.h

src/crypto/aes.h

src/common/pcp.h

src/util/feefrac.cpp

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