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generatetoaddress

generatetoaddress nblocks address (maxtries)

Mine blocks immediately to a specified address (before the RPC call returns)

# Generate 11 blocks to myaddress
yerbas-cli generatetoaddress 11 "myaddress"

Arguments​

ArgumentTypeDescription
nblocks(numeric)How many blocks are generated immediately.
address(string)The address to send the newly generated Yerbas to.
maxtries(numeric)How many iterations to try (default = 1000000).
Arguments:
1. nblocks (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated immediately.
2. address (string, required) The address to send the newly generated Yerbas to.
3. maxtries (numeric, optional) How many iterations to try (default = 1000000).

Output​

ResultTypeDescription
"blockhashes"(array)hashes of blocks generated
Result:
[ blockhashes ] (array) hashes of blocks generated

Examples​

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "generatetoaddress", "params": [11, "address"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/