finalizeblock JSON-RPC command

finalizeblock "blockhash"

Treats a block as final. It cannot be reorged. Any chain that does not contain this block is invalid. Used on a less work chain, it can effectively PUTS YOU OUT OF CONSENSUS. USE WITH CAUTION!

Result

Examples

```

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

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Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v29.0.1-71febb2

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