DOGECOIN-QT(1)

NAME
dogecoin-qt - peer-to-peer network based digital currency

DESCRIPTION

  Usage:

    dogecoin-qt [command-line options]

OPTIONS

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-conf=<file>
    Specify configuration file (default: dogecoin.conf)

-pid=<file>
    Specify pid file (default: dogecoind.pid)

-gen
    Generate coins

-gen=0
    Don't generate coins

-datadir=<dir>
    Specify data directory

-dbcache=<n>
    Set database cache size in megabytes (default: 25)

-timeout=<n>
    Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000)

-proxy=<ip:port>
    Connect through socks proxy

-socks=<n>
    Select the version of socks proxy to use (4-5, default: 5)

-tor=<ip:port>
    Use proxy to reach tor hidden services (default: same as -proxy)

-dns
    Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect

-port=<port>
    Listen for connections on <port> (default: 9333 or testnet: 19333)

-maxconnections=<n>
    Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)

-addnode=<ip>
    Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open

-connect=<ip>
    Connect only to the specified node(s)

-seednode=<ip>
    Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect

-externalip=<ip>
    Specify your own public address

-onlynet=<net>
    Only connect to nodes in network <net> (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor)

-discover
    Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip)

-checkpoints
    Only accept block chain matching built-in checkpoints (default: 1)

-listen
    Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)

-bind=<addr>
    Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6

-dnsseed
    Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)

-banscore=<n>
    Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)

-bantime=<n>
    Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)

-maxreceivebuffer=<n>
    Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)

-maxsendbuffer=<n>
    Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)

-upnp
    Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 1 when listening)

-paytxfee=<amt>
    Fee per KB to add to transactions you send

-server
    Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands

-testnet
    Use the test network

-debug
    Output extra debugging information. Implies all other -debug* options

-debugnet
    Output extra network debugging information

-logtimestamps
    Prepend debug output with timestamp

-shrinkdebugfile
    Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug)

-printtoconsole
    Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file

-rpcuser=<user>
    Username for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcpassword=<pw>
    Password for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcport=<port>
    Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 9332 or testnet: 19332)

-rpcallowip=<ip>
    Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address

-rpcthreads=<n>
    Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)

-blocknotify=<cmd>
    Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)

-walletnotify=<cmd>
    Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)

-alertnotify=<cmd>
    Execute command when a relevant alert is received (%s in cmd is replaced by message)

-upgradewallet
    Upgrade wallet to latest format

-keypool=<n>
    Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)

-rescan
    Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions

-salvagewallet
    Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet.dat

-checkblocks=<n>
    How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)

-checklevel=<n>
    How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3)

-txindex
    Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0)

-loadblock=<file>
    Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file

-reindex
    Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files

-par=<n>
    Set the number of script verification threads (1-16, 0=auto, default: 0)

  Block creation options:

-blockminsize=<n>
    Set minimum block size in bytes (default: 0)

-blockmaxsize=<n>
    Set maximum block size in bytes (default: 250000)

-blockprioritysize=<n> Set maximum size of high-priority/low-fee transactions in bytes (default: 27000)

SSL options: (see the Dogecoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions)

-rpcssl
    Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections

-rpcsslcertificatechainfile=<file.cert>
    Server certificate file (default: server.cert)

-rpcsslprivatekeyfile=<file.pem>
    Server private key (default: server.pem)

-rpcsslciphers=<ciphers>
    Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)

  UI options:

-lang=<lang>
    Set language, for example "de_DE" (default: system locale)

-min
    Start minimized

-splash
    Show splash screen on startup (default: 1)