generatetoaddress

generatetoaddress nblocks “address” ( maxtries )

Mine blocks immediately to a specified address (before the RPC call returns)

Arguments:

1. nblocks (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated immediately.
2. address (string, required) The address to send the newly generated bitcoin to.
3. maxtries (numeric, optional, default=1000000) How many iterations to try.

Result: [ (json array) hashes of blocks generated “hex”, (string) blockhash … ]

Examples:

Generate 11 blocks to myaddress

bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 11 “myaddress” If you are using the Bitcoin Core wallet, you can get a new address to send the newly generated bitcoin to with: bitcoin-cli getnewaddress