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rescanblockchain JSON-RPC command

rescanblockchain ( start_height stop_height )

Rescan the local blockchain for wallet related transactions.

Arguments

1. start_height    (numeric, optional) block height where the rescan should start
2. stop_height     (numeric, optional) the last block height that should be scanned

Result

{
  "start_height"     (numeric) The block height where the rescan has started. If omitted, rescan started from the genesis block.
  "stop_height"      (numeric) The height of the last rescanned block. If omitted, rescan stopped at the chain tip.
}

Examples

> bitcoin-cli rescanblockchain 100000 120000
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "rescanblockchain", "params": [100000 120000] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v27.0.1-6a03070

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