Documentation exported from Bitcoin Core 0.17.99

walletpassphrase (0.17.99 RPC)

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walletpassphrase "passphrase" timeout

Stores the wallet decryption key in memory for ‘timeout’ seconds. This is needed prior to performing transactions related to private keys such as sending bitcoins

Note: Issuing the walletpassphrase command while the wallet is already unlocked will set a new unlock time that overrides the old one.

Arguments

1. "passphrase"

string

required

The wallet passphrase

2. timeout

numeric

required

The time to keep the decryption key in seconds; capped at 100000000 (~3 years).

Examples

Unlock the wallet for 60 seconds

bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase "my pass phrase" 60

Lock the wallet again (before 60 seconds)

bitcoin-cli walletlock 

As json rpc call

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "walletpassphrase", "params": ["my pass phrase", 60] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/