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generate (0.17.99 RPC)

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generate nblocks ( maxtries )

Mine up to nblocks blocks immediately (before the RPC call returns) to an address in the wallet.

Arguments

1. nblocks

numeric

required

How many blocks are generated immediately.

2. maxtries

numeric

optional

How many iterations to try (default = 1000000).

Result

[ blockhashes ]

array

hashes of blocks generated

Examples

Generate 11 blocks

bitcoin-cli generate 11