generate

generating

v0.13.0

generate numblocks ( maxtries )

Mine up to numblocks blocks immediately (before the RPC call returns)

Arguments:
1. numblocks (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated immediately.
2. maxtries (numeric, optional) How many iterations to try (default = 1000000).

Result
[ blockhashes ] (array) hashes of blocks generated

Examples:

Generate 11 blocks
> bitcoin-cli generate 11
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