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Enhanced RPC Commands

Several existing Bitcoin Core RPC commands have enhanced functionality in Bitcoin Knots.

getblocktemplate​

The template_request object accepts additional options for miners (from the gbt_rpc_options patch), letting a template be customized per request:

OptionDescription
blockmaxsizeLimit returned block to the specified size (bytes)
blockmaxweightLimit returned block to the specified weight
blockreservedsizeReserve size in the block for the generation transaction
blockreservedweightReserve weight in the block for the generation transaction
blockreservedsigopsReserve sigops in the block for the generation transaction
minfeerateOnly include transactions paying at least this many sats/vbyte
bitcoin-cli getblocktemplate '{
  "rules": ["segwit"],
  "blockmaxweight": 3000000,
  "minfeerate": 2
}'

Using any of these options disables the template cache for that request.

walletprocesspsbt​

Knots accepts an options object as the second argument (in place of the positional sign boolean), grouping the existing settings:

bitcoin-cli walletprocesspsbt "psbt" '{"sign": true, "sighashtype": "ALL", "bip32derivs": true, "finalize": true}'

The Core-style positional form (walletprocesspsbt "psbt" true "ALL" true) is still accepted for backwards compatibility.

descriptorprocesspsbt​

Knots likewise accepts an options object as the third argument, and adds a prevtxs option — an array of dependent serialized transactions in hex, used to fill in input information that isn't available from the UTXO set or mempool:

bitcoin-cli descriptorprocesspsbt "psbt" '["descriptor1"]' '{"prevtxs": ["<raw tx hex>"]}'

signmessage​

Enhanced with BIP-322 support: while Bitcoin Core can only sign messages for legacy (P2PKH) addresses, Knots can also sign for other address types, producing a BIP-322 "simple" signature automatically:

bitcoin-cli signmessage "bc1q..." "message"

verifymessage​

Enhanced to support multiple signature formats:

  • Standard legacy Bitcoin signatures (P2PKH)
  • Legacy-style signatures with BIP-137 header bytes (covering P2SH-segwit and native segwit addresses)
  • BIP-322 signatures (both simple and full formats)
bitcoin-cli verifymessage "address" "signature" "message"

getpeerinfo​

Additional per-peer fields:

  • last_block_announcement: the time this peer was first to announce a block
  • misbehavior_score: deprecated — always 0, or 100 if the peer is about to be disconnected; do not rely on it as a live metric
bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo

getaddressinfo​

Includes a Knots-specific use_txids array listing the ids of wallet transactions which received with the address. See New Commands.

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