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createwallet

createwallet "wallet_name" ( disable_private_keys blank "passphrase" avoid_reuse descriptors load_on_startup )

Creates and loads a new wallet.

Argument #1 - wallet_name​

Type: string, required

The name for the new wallet. If this is a path, the wallet will be created at the path location.

Argument #2 - disable_private_keys​

Type: boolean, optional, default=false

Disable the possibility of private keys (only watchonlys are possible in this mode).

Argument #3 - blank​

Type: boolean, optional, default=false

Create a blank wallet. A blank wallet has no keys or HD seed. One can be set using sethdseed.

Argument #4 - passphrase​

Type: string

Encrypt the wallet with this passphrase.

Argument #5 - avoid_reuse​

Type: boolean, optional, default=false

Keep track of coin reuse, and treat dirty and clean coins differently with privacy considerations in mind.

Argument #6 - descriptors​

Type: boolean, optional, default=false

Create a native descriptor wallet. The wallet will use descriptors internally to handle address creation

Argument #7 - load_on_startup​

Type: boolean, optional, default=null

Save wallet name to persistent settings and load on startup. True to add wallet to startup list, false to remove, null to leave unchanged.

Result​

{                       (json object)
  "name" : "str",       (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" : "str"     (string) Warning message if wallet was not loaded cleanly.
}

Example usage (with RPC call)​

BGL-cli createwallet "testwallet"
curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "createwallet", "params": ["testwallet"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8334/