Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/3_0_Playing_with_Bitcoin-CLI.md

Section Three: Playing with Bitcoin Using bitcoin-cli

This section explains how to begin using Bitcoin from the command line, using bitcoin-cli.

• Part One: Verifying Your bitcoin-cli Setup
• Part Two: Setting Up Your Wallet
• Part Three: Receiving a Transaction
  • Interlude: Sending Coins the Easy Way
• Part Four: Sending a Raw Transaction to a P2PKH
  • Interlude: Using JQ for Better Parsing
  • Interlude: Writing a Raw Transaction the Easy Way
• Part Five: Sending a Raw Transaction to an OP_RETURN

This section presumes that you have a VPS with bitcoin installed, running bitcoind. It also presumes that you are connected to testnet, allowing for access to bitcoins without using real funds. You can either do this by hand, per 2.1: Setting up a Bitcoin-Core VPS by Hand, or do it with a Linode StackScript at Linode.com, per 2.2: Setting up a Bitcoin-Core VPS with StackScript.