createwallet JSON-RPC command

createwallet "wallet_name" ( disable_private_keys blank )

Creates and loads a new wallet.

Arguments

1. "wallet_name"           (string, required) The name for the new wallet. If this is a path, the wallet will be created at the path location.
2. disable_private_keys    (boolean, optional, default=false) Disable the possibility of private keys (only watchonlys are possible in this mode).
3. blank                   (boolean, optional, default=false) Create a blank wallet. A blank wallet has no keys or HD seed. One can be set using sethdseed.

Result

{
  "name" :    <wallet_name>,        (string) The wallet name if created successfully. If the wallet was created using a full path, the wallet_name will be the full path.
  "warning" : <warning>,            (string) Warning message if wallet was not loaded cleanly.
}

Examples

> bitcoin-cli createwallet "testwallet"
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "createwallet", "params": ["testwallet"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

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Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v27.0.1-ef70705

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