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This guide explains Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC in plain English. It shows what the command does, what its result means and what it cannot prove.
TL;DR
- What it is: Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 listreceivedbyaddress summarised cumulative receipts for wallet receiving addresses. Options selected minimum confirmations, empty addresses and watch-only data.
- Why it matters: listreceivedbyaddress is a useful cumulative receipt inventory when its row-level confirmation and watch-only semantics are preserved. Spendability and settlement still require explicit outpoint evidence.
- Current position: Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 listreceivedbyaddress summarised cumulative receipts for wallet receiving addresses.
Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC in simple English
Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC: Rows cover addresses recognised by the wallet as receiving destinations. Imported history and rescan completeness affect visibility. Validate network and wallet identity before treating an absent address as unused.
Simple example
A miner is checking Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC. Amount totals qualifying receipts and does not decrease when outputs are spent. Empty rows help inventory unused destinations but do not prove an address was never exposed, assigned or monitored elsewhere.
Key terms in plain English
- Bitcoin Core:
- Widely used software that validates Bitcoin and can provide wallet, network and operator tools.
- RPC:
- A command that software sends to a node to request information or a local action.
- Node:
- A computer running Bitcoin software that checks data and communicates with other peers.
Receiving-address scope
Rows cover addresses recognised by the wallet as receiving destinations. Imported history and rescan completeness affect visibility. Validate network and wallet identity before treating an absent address as unused.
Threshold and empty rows
minconf defaults one and include_empty false. Record both settings. Empty rows help inventory unused destinations but do not prove an address was never exposed, assigned or monitored elsewhere.
Watch-only semantics
include_watchonly can add monitored addresses lacking private keys and involvesWatchonly marks affected rows. Keep monitoring capability distinct from spending authority and from external custody claims.
Cumulative amount
amount totals qualifying receipts and does not decrease when outputs are spent. Convert BTC to satoshis exactly. Current liquidity requires listunspent and transaction evidence, not this cumulative figure.
Confirmation field
The row’s confirmations value belongs to the most recent included transaction. It is not the minimum depth of every txid unless the dataset is checked. Evaluate each contributing transaction for a payment decision.
Transaction IDs and labels
txids provide the route to outpoint-level reconciliation, while deprecated account and label are bookkeeping. Protect addresses and metadata, deduplicate transaction records and verify exact output indexes and scripts.
How specialists test it
Operators test the command on a non-production node first. They check a normal reply, an invalid request, a timeout and a restart. This shows what the response means and prevents one local result from being mistaken for a network-wide outcome.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main point of Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC?
Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC: Rows cover addresses recognised by the wallet as receiving destinations. Imported history and rescan completeness affect visibility.
For Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC, what should a beginner know about receiving-address scope?
Rows cover addresses recognised by the wallet as receiving destinations. Imported history and rescan completeness affect visibility.
For Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC, what should a beginner know about threshold and empty rows?
minconf defaults one and include_empty false. Record both settings. Empty rows help inventory unused destinations but do not prove an address was never exposed, assigned or monitored elsewhere.
For Bitcoin Core listreceivedbyaddress RPC, what should a beginner know about watch-only semantics?
include_watchonly can add monitored addresses lacking private keys and involvesWatchonly marks affected rows.
Conclusion
listreceivedbyaddress is a useful cumulative receipt inventory when its row-level confirmation and watch-only semantics are preserved. Spendability and settlement still require explicit outpoint evidence.
Primary sources
Check the current specification status and the documentation for the exact implementation you operate before moving production funds or changing a mining node.
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