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getreceivedbyaddress

getreceivedbyaddress “address” ( minconf )

Returns the total amount received by the given address in transactions with at least minconf confirmations.

Arguments:

  1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address for transactions.
  2. minconf (numeric, optional, default=1) Only include transactions confirmed at least this many times.

Result: amount (numeric) The total amount in BTC received at this address.

Examples:

The amount from transactions with at least 1 confirmation

bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress “1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX”

The amount including unconfirmed transactions, zero confirmations

bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress “1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX” 0

The amount with at least 6 confirmations

bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress “1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX” 6

As a JSON-RPC call

curl —user myusername —data-binary ’{“jsonrpc”: “1.0”, “id”:“curltest”, “method”: “getreceivedbyaddress”, “params”: [“1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX”, 6] }’ -H ‘content-type: text/plain;’ http://127.0.0.1:8332/