0.6 Litecoin.conf - Makh1/italcoin GitHub Wiki
ITAL coin’s binary distributables (the program that you can download and run) come in two flavours; one is a graphical interface, generally seen as italcoin-qt, or just italcoin, and the other is a 'headless' version called italcoind which only uses the command line.
They are completely compatible with each other, they take the same command-line arguments, read the same configuration file, and read and write the same data files. You can run only one copy of either italcoin-qt or italcoind on your system at a time. If you accidentally try to launch two copies, the most recently opened copy will let you know that one is already running and it will exit.
The simplest way to start from scratch with the command line client—automatically syncing the blockchain and creating a wallet—is to save the binary and just run this command (without arguments) from the directory containing the downloaded italcoind binary:
./italcoind
This version of the italcoin binary runs in the background after you call it for the first time. It is a 'headless' server which you can query with subsequent calls from the command line, and can be stopped through a command line argument such as:
./italcoind stop
To run with the standard GUI interface:
./italcoin-qt
While italcoind is running, the -? or –-help arguments will print out a list of the command-line arguments and then exit:
./italcoind -?
Options:
-? This help message -conf=<file> Specify configuration file (default: italcoin.conf) -pid=<file> Specify pid file (default: italcoind.pid) -gen Generate coins (default: 0) -datadir=<dir> Specify data directory -dbcache=<n> Set database cache size in megabytes (default: 25) -timeout=<n> Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000) -proxy=<ip:port> Connect through socks proxy -socks=<n> Select the version of socks proxy to use (4-5, default: 5) -tor=<ip:port> Use proxy to reach tor hidden services (default: same as -proxy) -dns Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect -port=<port> Listen for connections on <port> (default: 9333 or testnet: 19333) -maxconnections=<n> Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125) -addnode=<ip> Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open -connect=<ip> Connect only to the specified node(s) -seednode=<ip> Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect -externalip=<ip> Specify your own public address -onlynet=<net> Only connect to nodes in network <net> (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor) -discover Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip) -checkpoints Only accept block chain matching built-in checkpoints (default: 1) -listen Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect) -bind=<addr> Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6 -dnsseed Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect) -banscore=<n> Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100) -bantime=<n> Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400) -maxreceivebuffer=<n> Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000) -maxsendbuffer=<n> Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000) -upnp Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 1 when listening) -paytxfee=<amt> Fee per KB to add to transactions you send -server Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands -testnet Use the test network -debug Output extra debugging information. Implies all other -debug* options -debugnet Output extra network debugging information -logtimestamps Prepend debug output with timestamp -shrinkdebugfile Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug) -printtoconsole Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file -printtodebugger Send trace/debug info to debugger -rpcuser=<user> Username for JSON-RPC connections -rpcpassword=<pw> Password for JSON-RPC connections -rpcport=<port> Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 9332 or testnet: 19332) -rpcallowip=<ip> Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address -rpcthreads=<n> Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4) -blocknotify=<cmd> Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash) -walletnotify=<cmd> Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID) -alertnotify=<cmd> Execute command when a relevant alert is received (%s in cmd is replaced by message) -upgradewallet Upgrade wallet to latest format -keypool=<n> Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100) -rescan Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions -salvagewallet Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet.dat -checkblocks=<n> How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all) -checklevel=<n> How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3) -txindex Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0) -loadblock=<file> Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file -reindex Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files -par=<n> Set the number of script verification threads (up to 16, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: 0) -spendzeroconfchange Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: 1)
Block creation options:
-blockminsize=<n> Set minimum block size in bytes (default: 0) -blockmaxsize=<n> Set maximum block size in bytes (default: 250000) ** -blockprioritysize=<n> Set maximum size of high-priority/low-fee transactions in bytes (default: 27000) **
SSL options:
-rpcssl Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections -rpcsslcertificatechainfile=<file.cert> Server certificate file (default: server.cert) -rpcsslprivatekeyfile=<file.pem> Server private key (default: server.pem) -rpcsslciphers=<ciphers> Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)
UI options:
-lang=<lang> Set language, for example "de_DE" (default: system locale) -min Start minimized -splash Show splash screen on startup (default: 1) Many of the boolean options can also be set to off by specifying them with a "no" prefix: e.g. -nodnsseed.
italcoin.conf Configuration File
All command-line options (except for -datadir and -conf) may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file.
The configuration file is a list of setting=value pairs, one per line, with optional comments starting with the '#' character.
The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite plain-text editor. By default, the italcoin binary will look for a file named italcoin.conf in the italcoin data directory, but both the data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the -datadir and -conf command-line arguments.
Linux $HOME/.italcoin/ /home/<username>/.italcoin/italcoin.conf
Mac $HOME/Library/Application Support/italcoin/ /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/italcoin/italcoin.conf
Windows %APPDATA%\italcoin\ XP -- C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\italcoin\italcoin.conf
Vista, 7 -- C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\italcoin\italcoin.conf
Note: if running ITALcoin in testnet mode, the sub-folder "testnet" will be appended to the data directory automatically.
Here is a sample italcoin.conf file.
# italcoin.conf configuration file. Lines beginning with # are comments. # Network-related settings: # Run on the test network instead of the real italcoin network. #testnet=0 # Connect via a socks4 proxy #proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 ############################################################## ## Quick Primer on addnode vs connect ## ## Let's say for instance you use addnode=4.2.2.4 ## ## addnode will connect you to and tell you about the ## ## nodes connected to 4.2.2.4. In addition it will tell ## ## the other nodes connected to it that you exist so ## ## they can connect to you. ## ## connect will not do the above when you 'connect' to it. ## ## It will *only* connect you to 4.2.2.4 and no one else.## ## ## ## So if you're behind a firewall, or have other problems ## ## finding nodes, add some using 'addnode'. ## ## ## ## If you want to stay private, use 'connect' to only ## ## connect to "trusted" nodes. ## ## ## ## If you run multiple nodes on a LAN, there's no need for ## ## all of them to open lots of connections. Instead ## ## 'connect' them all to one node that is port forwarded ## ## and has lots of connections. ## ## Thanks goes to [Noodle] on Freenode. ## ############################################################## # Use as many addnode= settings as you like to connect to specific peers #addnode=69.164.218.197 #addnode=10.0.0.2:9333 # ... or use as many connect= settings as you like to connect ONLY # to specific peers: #connect=69.164.218.197 #connect=10.0.0.1:9333 # Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections. #maxconnections= # JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running italcoin/italcoind process) # server=1 tells italcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands. #server=0 # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api #rpcuser=Ulysseys #rpcpassword=YourSuperGreatPasswordNumber_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_OR_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_385593 # How many seconds italcoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request. # after the HTTP connection is established. #rpctimeout=30 # By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed. Specify # as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from # other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character). # NOTE: opening up the RPC port to hosts outside your local # trusted network is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the rpcpassword # is transmitted over the network unencrypted. #rpcallowip=10.1.1.34 #rpcallowip=192.168.1.* # Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port: #rpcport=3332 # You can use italcoin or italcoind to send commands to italcoin/italcoind # running on another host using this option: #rpcconnect=127.0.0.1 # Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate # with italcoin -server or italcoind #rpcssl=1 # OpenSSL settings used when rpcssl=1 #rpcsslciphers=TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH #rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert #rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem # Miscellaneous options # Set gen=1 to attempt to generate ital coins #gen=0 # Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for # both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions. #keypool=100 # Pay an optional transaction fee every time you send ital coins. Transactions with fees # are more likely than free transactions to be included in generated blocks, so may # be validated sooner. #paytxfee=0.00 # Allow direct connections for the 'pay via IP address' feature. #allowreceivebyip=1 # Allows italcoind to operate with the BDB wallet disabled. #disablewallet=1 # User interface options # Start italcoin minimized #min=1 # Minimize to the system tray #minimizetotray=1