CLI Reference

Tidecoin Core ships command-line tools inherited from Bitcoin Core and renamed for Tidecoin. Some releases also include the convenience tidecoin wrapper described in release notes.

This page is a practical reference. For the exact flag set of a local binary, run that binary with -help.

Binaries

Binary	Purpose
`tidecoind`	Full node daemon.
`tidecoin-cli`	JSON-RPC client for a running node.
`tidecoin-qt`	GUI node and wallet.
`tidecoin-wallet`	Standalone wallet utility.
`tidecoin-tx`	Offline transaction construction and decoding tool.
`tidecoin-util`	Miscellaneous utility commands.
`tidecoin`	Convenience wrapper where included by the release.

Common Commands

Start a node:


tidecoind -daemon

Query chain state:


tidecoin-cli getblockchaininfo

Use a specific wallet:


tidecoin-cli -rpcwallet="main" getwalletinfo

Use testnet:


tidecoind -testnet -daemon
tidecoin-cli -testnet getblockchaininfo

Important Option Groups

Group	Examples
Chain selection	`-testnet`, `-regtest`, mainnet by default
Data paths	`-datadir`, `-conf`, `-blocksdir`
Networking	`-bind`, `-connect`, `-addnode`, `-proxy`, `-listen`
RPC	`-server`, `-rpcbind`, `-rpcallowip`, `-rpcauth`, `-rpcuser`, `-rpcpassword`
Wallet	`-wallet`, `-disablewallet`
Indexes	`-txindex`, `-blockfilterindex`, `-coinstatsindex`
REST/ZMQ	`-rest`, `-zmqpubrawblock`, `-zmqpubrawtx`, related ZMQ flags
Logging	`-debug`, `-debuglogfile`, `-printtoconsole`
Transport	`-v2transport`

Tidecoin-Specific Areas

Tidecoin-specific behavior is mostly visible through:

PQHD wallet RPCs such as listpqhdseeds, importpqhdseed, setpqhdseed, setpqhdpolicy, and removepqhdseed;
AuxPoW RPCs such as createauxblock and submitauxblock;
post-quantum transport behavior under -v2transport;
address and witness types documented in protocol pages.

Use RPC Reference for command syntax.

Configuration Relationship

Most command-line options can also be written in tidecoin.conf without the leading dash:


server=1
txindex=1
rest=1

Command-line options override configuration-file values.