bx watch address - enVinci/libbitcoin-explorer GitHub Wiki

Watch the network for transactions in which an address participates.

$ bx watch-address --help

Usage: bx watch-address [-h] [--config value] [--duration value]
[PAYMENT_ADDRESS]

Info: Watch the network for transactions in which an address
participates. Requires a Libbitcoin server connection.

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.
-d [--duration]      The duration of the watch in seconds, defaults to
                     600.
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

PAYMENT_ADDRESS      The participating payment address. If not specified
                     the address is read from STDIN.

This command supports configuration settings.

This command requires libbitcoin-server version 3.1.

This command reflects transactions created after the subscription is established.

Type ctrl-c to terminate the watcher.

Example 1

connecting to an Obelisk server (unsupported)

$ bx watch-address 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa

Bad stream

Example 2

monitor donations to Satoshi

$ bx watch-address 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa

This message will be written once the subscription is established.

Watching address: 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa...

For each new transaction that impacts the address a new line will be written to the console.