generatetoaddress (0.20.0 RPC)
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generatetoaddress nblocks "address" ( maxtries )
Mine blocks immediately to a specified address (before the RPC call returns)
Arguments:
1. nblocks (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated immediately.
2. address (string, required) The address to send the newly generated bitcoin to.
3. maxtries (numeric, optional, default=1000000) How many iterations to try.
Result:
[ (json array) hashes of blocks generated
"hex", (string) blockhash
...
]
Examples:
Generate 11 blocks to myaddress
> bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 11 "myaddress"
If you are running the bitcoin core wallet, you can get a new address to send the newly generated bitcoin to with:
> bitcoin-cli getnewaddress