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generate
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``generate nblocks ( maxtries )``

Mine up to nblocks blocks immediately (before the RPC call returns) to an address in the wallet.

Argument #1 - nblocks
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**Type:** numeric, required

How many blocks are generated immediately.

Argument #2 - maxtries
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**Type:** numeric, optional, default=1000000

How many iterations to try.

Result
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::

  [ blockhashes ]     (array) hashes of blocks generated

Examples
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.. highlight:: shell

Generate 11 blocks::

  bitcoin-cli generate 11