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Configuration Files

dimecoin.conf

To use dimecoind and dimecoin-cli, you will need to add a RPC password to your dimecoin.conf file. Both programs will read from the same file if both run on the same system as the same user, so any long random password will work:

rpcpassword=change_this_to_a_long_random_password

You should also make the dimecoin.conf file only readable to its owner. On Linux, Mac OSX, and other Unix-like systems, this can be accomplished by running the following command in the Dimecoin Core application directory:

chmod 0600 dimecoin.conf

For development, it’s safer and cheaper to use Dimecoin’s test network (testnet) or regression test mode (regtest) described below.

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Example Testnet Config

testnet=1

# RPC Settings
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=pass
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
#----
listen=1
server=1

## Index Settings
txindex=1
addressindex=1
timestampindex=1
spentindex=1

[test]
rpcport=21931

Configuration Sections for Different Networks

Since Dimecoin Core 2.0.0.0 it is possible for a single configuration file to set different options for different networks. This is done by using sections or by prefixing the option with the network as shown below:

# Enable RPC server for all networks
server=1

[main]
# Set custom mainnet ports
port=11931
rpcport=11931
# Set custom mainnet RPC auth
rpcuser=mainnetuser
rpcpassword=mainnetpass

[test]
# Set custom testnet RPC auth
rpcuser=testnetuser
rpcpassword=testnetpass

# Enabling indexing
txindex=1
addressindex=1
timestampindex=1
spentindex=1

[regtest]
mempoolsize=20

With this configuration file, dimecoind, dimecoin-qt, or dimecoin-cli can be run with the -conf=<configuration file> along with the -testnet or -regtest parameter to select the correct settings.

Note

The following options will only apply to mainnet unless they are in a section (e.g., [test]): addnode=, connect=, port=, bind=, rpcport=, rpcbind= and wallet=. The options to choose a network (regtest= and testnet=) must be specified outside of sections.