Particl CLI

Command-line client for advanced users

Particl-cli offers all the essential features, but doesn’t include all the advanced bells and whistles of Particl graphical clients.

Controlled via command line interface, Particl-cli is usually used on remote machines and computers without monitors, e.g. servers and less powerful devices like Raspberry Pi (which make great dedicated staking devices!).

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1. Download latest release latest release
2. Recommended Verify the downloaded archive (to make sure you haven’t downloaded bad client, e.g. infected with malware)
3. Launch the client – see Usage below
4. Backup your wallet – see Backup & Restore wallet guide

Read our dedicated guide on how to properly and securely back-up (and restore) your Particl wallet.

Everything is executed in particl-cli directory particl/bin/ by default.

Before you can enter any commands, you need Particld (daemon) to run:

$ ./particld -daemon

Next, you can enter commands you need.

Beware as every command starts with ./particl-cli <command> (and NOT ./particld <command>)

• stop – stop the daemon
• help – lists all available commands

If you see Error: couldn't connect to server: unknown (code -1), you probably haven’t started ./particld.
You cannot run ./particld in parallel with Particl Core wallet.

• getinfo – general info about your wallet (version, balance, staking balance, network data etc.)
• getwalletinfo – view balances (total, staking, immature), wallet (un)locked status etc.
• getbalance – shows your total balance only
• listtransactions – lists latest transactions
• getnetworkinfo – about your connection to the network
• getpeerinfo – info about peer connections
• getstakinginfo – staking status & stats

• getnewaddress – returns your new address
• listaddressgroupings – lists all used addresses (with balances)
• listreceivedbyaddress 0 true – returns addresses with zero balance
• liststealthaddresses – lists stealth (private) addresses
• sendtoaddress <receiver> <amount> <comment> <comment-to> <narration> – sending (public) PART coins

• sendparttoblind <stealth address> <amount> – convert public PART to blinded PART coins
• sendblindtoblind <stealth address> <amount> – sending blinded PART coins (transactions with hidden TX amount)
• sendblindtopart <stealth address> <amount> – converting blind PART coins back to public PART coins

The RPC command-line client gained a new argument, -stdin to read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF (Ctrl-D). For example:

$ ./particl-cli -stdin   # then press [Enter]
walletpassphrase         # then press [Enter]
"<passphrase>"           # then press [Enter]
<timeout>                # then press [Enter]
true                     # then press [Ctrl-D] here to end input

Unlock wallet (optionally for staking only) for timeout seconds:

$ ./particl-cli walletpassphrase <passphrase> <timeout> [stakingonly]

e.g. walletpassphrase “<my long pass>” 0 true – unlocks the wallet forever (until locked manually or restarted) for staking only

• long password containing spaces should be “in quotes”
• 0 = unlocked forever; 10 = for 10 seconds and so on
• true in the end toggles “for staking only”; if you want your wallet completely unlocked (for sending transactions etc.) you can leave it out