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invalidateblock JSON-RPC command

invalidateblock "blockhash"

Permanently marks a block as invalid, as if it violated a consensus rule.

Arguments

1. "blockhash"    (string, required) the hash of the block to mark as invalid

Result

Examples

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

Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v27.0.1-ef70705

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