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```
You can also type "bitcoin help [command]" to get even more extensive info on that command. For example:
```
$ bitcoin-cli help getinfo
getinfo
Returns an object containing various state info.
$ bitcoin-cli help getmininginfo
getmininginfo
Returns a json object containing mining-related information.
Result:
{
"version": xxxxx, (numeric) the server version
"protocolversion": xxxxx, (numeric) the protocol version
"walletversion": xxxxx, (numeric) the wallet version
"balance": xxxxxxx, (numeric) the total bitcoin balance of the wallet
"blocks": xxxxxx, (numeric) the current number of blocks processed in the server
"timeoffset": xxxxx, (numeric) the time offset
"connections": xxxxx, (numeric) the number of connections
"proxy": "host:port", (string, optional) the proxy used by the server
"difficulty": xxxxxx, (numeric) the current difficulty
"testnet": true|false, (boolean) if the server is using testnet or not
"keypoololdest": xxxxxx, (numeric) the timestamp (seconds since Unix epoch) of the oldest pre-generated key in the key pool
"keypoolsize": xxxx, (numeric) how many new keys are pre-generated
"unlocked_until": ttt, (numeric) the timestamp in seconds since epoch (midnight Jan 1 1970 GMT) that the wallet is unlocked for transfers, or 0 if the wallet is locked
"paytxfee": x.xxxx, (numeric) the transaction fee set in BTC/kB
"relayfee": x.xxxx, (numeric) minimum relay fee for non-free transactions in BTC/kB
"errors": "..." (string) any error messages
"blocks": nnn, (numeric) The current block
"currentblocksize": nnn, (numeric) The last block size
"currentblockweight": nnn, (numeric) The last block weight
"currentblocktx": nnn, (numeric) The last block transaction
"difficulty": xxx.xxxxx (numeric) The current difficulty
"errors": "..." (string) Current errors
"networkhashps": nnn, (numeric) The network hashes per second
"pooledtx": n (numeric) The size of the mempool
"testnet": true|false (boolean) If using testnet or not
"chain": "xxxx", (string) current network name as defined in BIP70 (main, test, regtest)
}
Examples:
> bitcoin-cli getinfo
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getinfo", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
> bitcoin-cli getmininginfo
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getmininginfo", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
```
## Part One: The State of the Chain and the Wallet
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### Sign a Message
Alternatively, you can just directly sign a message using your address (and your bitcoind) without saving the private key. You do with with "bitcoin-cli signmessage [address] [message]". For example:
Alternatively, you can just directly sign a message using your address (and your bitcoind) without saving the private key. You do this with "bitcoin-cli signmessage [address] [message]". For example:
```
$ bitcoin-cli signmessage $NEW_ADDRESS_1 "Hello, World"
HzF7EWicHjDBf9faRTF5O7Q1+iSOunAYyV2880Yz0T/eaUELCukg2hGlJXj9/kptMBu2wf4DEuS8fnoq2QpvSo8=
@ -322,5 +316,13 @@ If some black hat was making up signatures, they'd instead get a negative result
$ bitcoin-cli verifymessage $NEW_ADDRESS_1 "FAKEEWicHjDBf9faRTF5O7Q1+iSOunAYyV2880Yz0T/eaUELCukg2hGlJXj9/kptMBu2wf4DEuS8fnoq2QpvSo8=" "Hello, World"
false
```
### Get Some Money
To do anything more, you need to get some money. On testnet this is done through faucets. Since the money is all pretend, you just go to a faucet, request some money, and it's sent over to you. We suggest using the faucet at http://tpfaucet.appspot.com/ . If it's not available for some reason, search for "bitcoin testnet faucet", and you should find others.
To use a faucet, you'll usually need to go to a URL and enter your address. Yes, this violates our Best Practices, but that's how the faucets tend to work.
[do it]
[wait for it to come in]