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Wallet Management

Bitcoin Knots provides extended wallet functionality including legacy wallet support.

Wallet Types​

Descriptor Wallet (Default)​

Modern wallet using output descriptors:

bitcoin-cli createwallet "mydescriptor"

Legacy Wallet​

Traditional wallet with BIP32 HD keys:

bitcoin-cli createwallet "mylegacy" false false "" false false

The last false disables descriptors, creating a legacy wallet.

Basic Operations​

Create Wallet​

# Descriptor wallet
bitcoin-cli createwallet "wallet1"

# With encryption
bitcoin-cli createwallet "wallet2" false false "passphrase"

Load/Unload​

bitcoin-cli loadwallet "wallet1"
bitcoin-cli unloadwallet "wallet1"

List Wallets​

bitcoin-cli listwallets

Receiving​

Get Address​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 getnewaddress
bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 getnewaddress "label" "bech32m"

Check Balance​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 getbalance

Sending​

Simple Send​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 sendtoaddress "bc1q..." 0.001

Advanced Send​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 send '{
  "bc1q...": 0.001
}' null "unset" null '{"fee_rate": 10}'

Knots-Specific Features​

Sweep Private Keys​

bitcoin-cli sweepprivkeys '["5K..."]' "bc1q..."

Dump Master Key (Legacy)​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=legacy dumpmasterprivkey

Import Codex32​

bitcoin-cli importcodex32 "ms1..."

Backup​

Descriptor Wallet​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 backupwallet "/path/backup.dat"

Legacy Wallet​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=legacy dumpwallet "/path/dump.txt"

Security​

Encryption​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 encryptwallet "passphrase"

Lock/Unlock​

bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 walletlock
bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=wallet1 walletpassphrase "pass" 60

See Also​