Import multiple watch-only addresses using importaddress?

With the importaddress RPC command it is possible to import one watch-only address. But how can I do that with, let's say, 100?

RoqueNE

Posted 2016-10-03T16:55:49.737

Reputation: 61

Answers

The RPC interface doesn't generally provide any "batch mode" functionality. If you want to import 100 addresses, call importaddress 100 times. You might like to write a short script with a loop in some other language.

You should set the rescan parameter to false for all but the last address, so that you don't trigger rescanning 100 times.

Nate Eldredge

Posted 2016-10-03T16:55:49.737

Reputation: 21 420

There is an alternate command importmulti to be used as follows:

bitcoin-cli importmulti '[
{
  "scriptPubKey" : { "address": "mxbvcPj7cnbxPP6oqpHJxxNb4xC8QoLquG" },
  "timestamp" : 0,
  "label" : "mxbvcPj7cnbxPP6oqpHJxxNb4xC8QoLquG"
},
{
  "scriptPubKey" : { "address": "n1iNb8XafoJTrCBBcGSSEZ6YNd6EWYo8PU" },
  "timestamp" : 0,
  "label" : "n1iNb8XafoJTrCBBcGSSEZ6YNd6EWYo8PU"
},
{
  "scriptPubKey" : { "address": "mgLs7quWwYBJa7jkZyebAec7RNXQtwaerK" },
  "timestamp" : 0,
  "label" : "mgLs7quWwYBJa7jkZyebAec7RNXQtwaerK"
}]' '{"rescan":false}'

Response is as follows:

[
  {
    "success": true
  }, 
  {
    "success": true
  }, 
  {
    "success": true
  }
]

Jus12

Posted 2016-10-03T16:55:49.737

Reputation: 1 243

No need for the labels. – Pieter Wuille – 2017-12-06T22:07:39.353