generatetoaddress (hidden command)

Bitcoin Core 26.1 RPC

generatetoaddress nblocks "address" ( maxtries )

Mine to a specified address and return the block hashes.

Arguments

1. nblocks     (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated.
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