Setting up bitcoin dev environment ( bitcoind, bitcoin-cli )

Hi guys,

I am trying to set up the bitcoin development environment on my Mac.

I installed the Bitcoin Core client ( bitcoin-qt ) and also downloaded the binaries.

I face the following issues and hope you can help me to resolve these:

1) Can't open the configuration file from bitcoin-qt. I have a configuration file $HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf but it's empty. When I try to open it via bitcoin-qt ( Preferences -> Show configuration file ) it shows me a popup with an error "Configuration file could not be opened". I tried to change the permissions: "chmod 600"...no luck...

2) I can launch bitcoind in -regtest regime. But when I launch *bitcoin-cli -regtest setgenerate true 101* I get an error:

> error code: -32601
> error message:
> Method not found

3) If I try *bitcoin-cli getinfo* I get an error:

> error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be
> found, and no rpcpassword is set in the configuration file
> (/Users/..../Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf)

Hope you can help me! Thanks

Best,

On 9 February 2018 at 12:55, Maksim Solovjov via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:

> 2) I can launch bitcoind in -regtest regime.
> But when I launch bitcoin-cli -regtest setgenerate true 101
> I get an error:
>>
>> error code: -32601
>> error message:
>> Method not found

setgenerate was removed in 0.13.0. See doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md

> 3) If I try bitcoin-cli getinfo
> I get an error:
>>
>> error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be
>> found, and no rpcpassword is set in the configuration file
>> (/Users/..../Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf)

getinfo is also deprecated or already removed. (Which version did you install?) But even before that, you should probably heed the warning and note that you don't seem to have a bitcoin.conf in a place where bitcoin-cli can find it.