How to check my address balance in regtest?

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I have created a regtest address and I want to check it's balance.

I have run the commands:

  1. -regtest generate 101
  2. -regtest getbalance
  3. -regtest sendtoaddress n4MN27Lk7Yh3pwfjCiAbRXtRVjs4Uk67fG 10.00
  4. -regtest generate 6
  5. -regtest getbalance n4MN27Lk7Yh3pwfjCiAbRXtRVjs4Uk67fG

after the 5th step the balance is still 0.

Why this happened since I have already sent 10 BTC to my address? Do I have to sign any outputs in order to claim the bitcoins?

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gtopal

Posted 2017-11-22T12:04:33.017

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Answers

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The argument for getbalance is not an address. It is for an account, which is not the same as an address. To get the entire wallet balance, do getbalance with no arguments.

Andrew Chow

Posted 2017-11-22T12:04:33.017

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@ Andrew the getbalance with no arguments is for the entire wallet.But how can I chech the balance for a particular public key/address? – gtopal – 2017-11-24T10:38:14.733

You can't. You have to add that address to an account (aka give it a label). Then you can use getbalance to get the balance of that account, and if it only has one address, it will be the balance of that address. – Andrew Chow – 2017-11-24T18:37:45.020

now make sense! – gtopal – 2017-11-27T11:56:26.190

use bitcoind -regtest -txindex and bitcoin-tx – cmc – 2018-04-26T23:25:51.120

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