getnewaddress (0.16.2 RPC) blockchain getbestblockhash getblock getblockchaininfo getblockcount getblockhash getblockheader getchaintips getchaintxstats getdifficulty getmempoolancestors getmempooldescendants getmempoolentry getmempoolinfo getrawmempool gettxout gettxoutproof gettxoutsetinfo preciousblock pruneblockchain savemempool verifychain verifytxoutproof control getmemoryinfo help logging stop uptime generating generate generatetoaddress mining getblocktemplate getmininginfo getnetworkhashps prioritisetransaction submitblock network addnode clearbanned disconnectnode getaddednodeinfo getconnectioncount getnettotals getnetworkinfo getpeerinfo listbanned ping setban setnetworkactive rawtransactions combinerawtransaction createrawtransaction decoderawtransaction decodescript fundrawtransaction getrawtransaction sendrawtransaction signrawtransaction util createmultisig estimatefee estimatesmartfee signmessagewithprivkey validateaddress verifymessage wallet abandontransaction abortrescan addmultisigaddress backupwallet bumpfee dumpprivkey dumpwallet encryptwallet getaccount getaccountaddress getaddressesbyaccount getbalance getnewaddress getrawchangeaddress getreceivedbyaccount getreceivedbyaddress gettransaction getunconfirmedbalance getwalletinfo importaddress importmulti importprivkey importprunedfunds importpubkey importwallet keypoolrefill listaccounts listaddressgroupings listlockunspent listreceivedbyaccount listreceivedbyaddress listsinceblock listtransactions listunspent listwallets lockunspent move removeprunedfunds rescanblockchain sendfrom sendmany sendtoaddress setaccount settxfee signmessage walletlock walletpassphrase walletpassphrasechange getnewaddress ( "account" "address_type" ) Returns a new Bitcoin address for receiving payments. If 'account' is specified (DEPRECATED), it is added to the address book so payments received with the address will be credited to 'account'. Arguments: 1. "account" (string, optional) DEPRECATED. The account name for the address to be linked to. If not provided, the default account "" is used. It can also be set to the empty string "" to represent the default account. The account does not need to exist, it will be created if there is no account by the given name. 2. "address_type" (string, optional) The address type to use. Options are "legacy", "p2sh-segwit", and "bech32". Default is set by -addresstype. Result: "address" (string) The new bitcoin address Examples: > bitcoin-cli getnewaddress > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnewaddress", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/