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 <label>
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
getreceivedbyaddress <bitcoinaddress> [minconf=1]
getbalance
getblockcount
getblocknumber
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
getinfo
getlabel <bitcoinaddress>
getnewaddress [label]
getreceivedbyaddress <bitcoinaddress> [minconf=1]
getreceivedbylabel <label> [minconf=1]
help
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbylabel [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listtransactions [count=10] [includegenerated=false]
sendtoaddress <bitcoinaddress> <amount> [comment] [comment-to]
setgenerate <generate> [genproclimit]
setlabel <bitcoinaddress> <label>
stop
getaddressesbylabel <label>
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
getreceivedbyaddress <bitcoinaddress> [minconf=1]
getbalance
getblockcount
getblocknumber
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
getinfo
getlabel <bitcoinaddress>
getnewaddress [label]
getreceivedbyaddress <bitcoinaddress> [minconf=1]
getreceivedbylabel <label> [minconf=1]
help
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbylabel [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listtransactions [count=10] [includegenerated=false]
sendtoaddress <bitcoinaddress> <amount> [comment] [comment-to]
setgenerate <generate> [genproclimit]
setlabel <bitcoinaddress> <label>
stop
To figure out what your bitcoin address is, run:
Code:
bitcoind getaddressesbylabel "Your Address"
To figure out how many coins you have, run:
Code:
bitcoind getbalance
or
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.