Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/A2_0_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin_Regtest.md

A2.0: Setting Up a Bitcoin Regtest

While developing Bitcoin applications, you might want to use your applications isolated from any public Blockchain such as the Mainnet or the Testnet. You can create a Blockchain from scratch using the Regtest, with one main advantage over Testnet: you choose when to create new blocks, so you have complete control over the environment.

Objectives for This Chapter

After working through this chapter, a developer will be able to:

• Create your own Blockchain from scratch
• Generate/mine blocks and get the rewards
• Get balance and interact with Bitcoind in a private way

Table of Contents

• Section One: Starting the Regtest
• Section Two: Mining with Regtest
• Section Three: Testing with Regtest