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verifychain

`verifychain` JSON-RPC command

verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )

Verifies blockchain database.

Arguments

1. checklevel    (numeric, optional, default=3, range=0-4) How thorough the block verification is.
2. nblocks       (numeric, optional, default=6, 0=all) The number of blocks to check.

Result

true|false       (boolean) Verified or not

Examples

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

Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v27.1.1-1ce1d89

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