verifychain

blockchain

v0.14.2

verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )

Verifies blockchain database.

Arguments:
1. checklevel (numeric, optional, 0-4, default=" + strprintf("%d", nCheckLevel) + ") How thorough the block verification is.
2. nblocks (numeric, optional, default=" + strprintf("%d", nCheckDepth) + ", 0=all) The number of blocks to check.

Result:
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/
Don't trust. Verify. Docs extracted from src/rpc/blockchain.cpp#L985-L1001.