bitcoin-cli not working

Whenever I try running some command like: bitcoin-cli getinfo The prompt just hangs and does not return anything, similar to SQL interface if you do not enter semicolon. Running only "bitcoin-cli" returns the help screen but running any command just hangs and need to press CTRL+C to get back.

bitcoind
bitcoin-cli

lost111in

Posted 2018-05-05T21:45:20.950

Reputation: 3

Answers

Many commands block the daemon from responding to requests, and during startup you'll not get responses while the node is initializing.

Anonymous

Posted 2018-05-05T21:45:20.950

Reputation: 10 054

actually the bitcoind was restarting continuously in background due to error, once the error was fixed, everything worked. – lost111in – 2018-05-05T22:36:30.457

Asked: 2018-05-05T21:45:20.950

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