A containerized Bitcoin server and CLI

Based on Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line

Setup a local REGTEST Electrs Server - Steps Below

Using Docker is the easiest way to have a running instance of Bitcoin in REGTEST mode on your local machine. Credit Notmandatory and the BDK team

1. Install Docker Desktop

Docker Desktop and make sure that Docker is properly installed on your machine.

2. Create REGTEST aliases to start, stop, view logs and send cli commands to container

alias rt-start='docker run -d --rm -p 127.0.0.1:18443-18444:18443-18444/tcp -p 127.0.0.1:60401:60401/tcp --name electrs bitcoindevkit/electrs'
alias rt-stop='docker kill electrs'
alias rt-logs='docker container logs electrs'
alias rt-cli='docker exec -it electrs /root/bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcuser=admin -rpcpassword=passw $@'

3. Use REGTEST aliases to start container, view logs, run cli command, stop container

rt-start  
rt-logs  
rt-cli help    
rt-cli getwalletinfo    
rt-cli getnewaddress  
rt-stop

4. Jump straight to chapter 3.2 of Learning Bitcoin from the Commandline

Replace all instances of bitcoin-cli with rt-cli. For example:

$ rt-cli help
== Blockchain ==
getbestblockhash
getblock "blockhash" ( verbosity )
getblockchaininfo
getblockcount
getblockfilter "blockhash" ( "filtertype" )
getblockhash height
getblockheader "blockhash" ( verbose )
getblockstats hash_or_height ( stats )
getchaintips
getchaintxstats ( nblocks "blockhash" )
getdifficulty
getmempoolancestors "txid" ( verbose )
getmempooldescendants "txid" ( verbose )
getmempoolentry "txid"
getmempoolinfo
getrawmempool ( verbose mempool_sequence )
gettxout "txid" n ( include_mempool )
gettxoutproof ["txid",...] ( "blockhash" )
gettxoutsetinfo ( "hash_type" )
preciousblock "blockhash"
pruneblockchain height
savemempool
scantxoutset "action" ( [scanobjects,...] )
verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )
verifytxoutproof "proof"

== Control ==
getmemoryinfo ( "mode" )
getrpcinfo
help ( "command" )
logging ( ["include_category",...] ["exclude_category",...] )
stop
uptime

== Generating ==
generateblock "output" ["rawtx/txid",...]
generatetoaddress nblocks "address" ( maxtries )
generatetodescriptor num_blocks "descriptor" ( maxtries )

== Mining ==
getblocktemplate ( "template_request" )
getmininginfo
getnetworkhashps ( nblocks height )
prioritisetransaction "txid" ( dummy ) fee_delta
submitblock "hexdata" ( "dummy" )
submitheader "hexdata"

== Network ==
addnode "node" "command"
clearbanned
disconnectnode ( "address" nodeid )
getaddednodeinfo ( "node" )
getconnectioncount
getnettotals
getnetworkinfo
getnodeaddresses ( count )
getpeerinfo
listbanned
ping
setban "subnet" "command" ( bantime absolute )
setnetworkactive state

== Rawtransactions ==
analyzepsbt "psbt"
combinepsbt ["psbt",...]
combinerawtransaction ["hexstring",...]
converttopsbt "hexstring" ( permitsigdata iswitness )
createpsbt [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"sequence":n},...] [{"address":amount},{"data":"hex"},...] ( locktime replaceable )
createrawtransaction [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"sequence":n},...] [{"address":amount},{"data":"hex"},...] ( locktime replaceable )
decodepsbt "psbt"
decoderawtransaction "hexstring" ( iswitness )
decodescript "hexstring"
finalizepsbt "psbt" ( extract )
fundrawtransaction "hexstring" ( options iswitness )
getrawtransaction "txid" ( verbose "blockhash" )
joinpsbts ["psbt",...]
sendrawtransaction "hexstring" ( maxfeerate )
signrawtransactionwithkey "hexstring" ["privatekey",...] ( [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"scriptPubKey":"hex","redeemScript":"hex","witnessScript":"hex","amount":amount},...] "sighashtype" )
testmempoolaccept ["rawtx",...] ( maxfeerate )
utxoupdatepsbt "psbt" ( ["",{"desc":"str","range":n or [n,n]},...] )

== Util ==
createmultisig nrequired ["key",...] ( "address_type" )
deriveaddresses "descriptor" ( range )
estimatesmartfee conf_target ( "estimate_mode" )
getdescriptorinfo "descriptor"
getindexinfo ( "index_name" )
signmessagewithprivkey "privkey" "message"
validateaddress "address"
verifymessage "address" "signature" "message"

== Wallet ==
abandontransaction "txid"
abortrescan
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" "address_type" )
backupwallet "destination"
bumpfee "txid" ( options )
createwallet "wallet_name" ( disable_private_keys blank "passphrase" avoid_reuse descriptors load_on_startup )
dumpprivkey "address"
dumpwallet "filename"
encryptwallet "passphrase"
getaddressesbylabel "label"
getaddressinfo "address"
getbalance ( "dummy" minconf include_watchonly avoid_reuse )
getbalances
getnewaddress ( "label" "address_type" )
getrawchangeaddress ( "address_type" )
getreceivedbyaddress "address" ( minconf )
getreceivedbylabel "label" ( minconf )
gettransaction "txid" ( include_watchonly verbose )
getunconfirmedbalance
getwalletinfo
importaddress "address" ( "label" rescan p2sh )
importdescriptors "requests"
importmulti "requests" ( "options" )
importprivkey "privkey" ( "label" rescan )
importprunedfunds "rawtransaction" "txoutproof"
importpubkey "pubkey" ( "label" rescan )
importwallet "filename"
keypoolrefill ( newsize )
listaddressgroupings
listlabels ( "purpose" )
listlockunspent
listreceivedbyaddress ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly "address_filter" )
listreceivedbylabel ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly )
listsinceblock ( "blockhash" target_confirmations include_watchonly include_removed )
listtransactions ( "label" count skip include_watchonly )
listunspent ( minconf maxconf ["address",...] include_unsafe query_options )
listwalletdir
listwallets
loadwallet "filename" ( load_on_startup )
lockunspent unlock ( [{"txid":"hex","vout":n},...] )
psbtbumpfee "txid" ( options )
removeprunedfunds "txid"
rescanblockchain ( start_height stop_height )
send [{"address":amount},{"data":"hex"},...] ( conf_target "estimate_mode" fee_rate options )
sendmany "" {"address":amount} ( minconf "comment" ["address",...] replaceable conf_target "estimate_mode" fee_rate verbose )
sendtoaddress "address" amount ( "comment" "comment_to" subtractfeefromamount replaceable conf_target "estimate_mode" avoid_reuse fee_rate verbose )
sethdseed ( newkeypool "seed" )
setlabel "address" "label"
settxfee amount
setwalletflag "flag" ( value )
signmessage "address" "message"
signrawtransactionwithwallet "hexstring" ( [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"scriptPubKey":"hex","redeemScript":"hex","witnessScript":"hex","amount":amount},...] "sighashtype" )
unloadwallet ( "wallet_name" load_on_startup )
upgradewallet ( version )
walletcreatefundedpsbt ( [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"sequence":n},...] ) [{"address":amount},{"data":"hex"},...] ( locktime options bip32derivs )
walletlock
walletpassphrase "passphrase" timeout
walletpassphrasechange "oldpassphrase" "newpassphrase"
walletprocesspsbt "psbt" ( sign "sighashtype" bip32derivs )

5. You can also type rt-cli help [command] to get even more extensive info on that command. For example:

$ rt-cli help getmininginfo
getmininginfo

Returns a json object containing mining-related information.
Result:
{                              (json object)
  "blocks" : n,                (numeric) The current block
  "currentblockweight" : n,    (numeric, optional) The block weight of the last assembled block (only present if a block was ever assembled)
  "currentblocktx" : n,        (numeric, optional) The number of block transactions of the last assembled block (only present if a block was ever assembled)
  "difficulty" : n,            (numeric) The current difficulty
  "networkhashps" : n,         (numeric) The network hashes per second
  "pooledtx" : n,              (numeric) The size of the mempool
  "chain" : "str",             (string) current network name (main, test, regtest)
  "warnings" : "str"           (string) any network and blockchain warnings
}

Examples:
> bitcoin-cli getmininginfo
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getmininginfo", "params": []}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

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