diff --git a/15_3_Mining_with_Regtest.md b/15_3_Mining_with_Regtest.md index 8522fb4..319a25c 100644 --- a/15_3_Mining_with_Regtest.md +++ b/15_3_Mining_with_Regtest.md @@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ To generate the Genesis block and the next blocks on a new blockchain requires v You can generate/mine new blocks using the RPC method `generate`. This method is only available in the Regtest mode, using the following command: ``` $ bitcoin-cli -regtest generate 101 +[ + "57f17afccf28b9296048b6370312678b6d8e48dc3a7b4ef7681d18ed3d91c122", + "631ff7b8135ce633c774828be3b8505726459eb65c339aab981b10363befe5a7", + ... + "1162dbfe025c7da94ee1128dc26d518a94508f532c19edc0de6bc673a909d02c", + "20cb2e815c3d42d6a117a204a0b5e726ab641c826e441b5b3417aca33f2aba48" +] ``` +The output is the block hash of every block generated (in our example, 101 hashes). + This command will generate 101 blocks using a special RPC which is only available in regtest mode. This takes less than a second on a generic PC. Because this is a new block chain using Bitcoin’s default rules, the first blocks pay a block reward of 50 bitcoins.