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verifychain

verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )

Verifies blockchain database.

Argument #1 - checklevel

Type: numeric, optional, default=3, range=0-4

How thorough the block verification is.

Argument #2 - nblocks

Type: numeric, optional, default=6, 0=all

The number of blocks to check.

Result

Name Type Description
true|false boolean Verified or not

Examples

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