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I am trying to develop some application using bitcoin (currently only in the regtest mode). I am aware that one can create a new address using
bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress
RPC call, but I want to know whether bitcoind pre-generates a bitcoin wallet address when we install and run
bitcoind -regtest -daemon
fresh. If yes, how can I know this address?
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No.
The wallet actually always pregenerates keys (not addresses) and puts them in the keypool. A keys is fetched from the keypool and converted to an address only when an address is explicitly requested (via getnewaddress or from the GUI). An address is not pre-fetched by default.
Thank you Andrew. Where can I find these pre-generated keys? – Bajjubaba – 2019-05-10T05:11:45.267
You can't without using getnewaddress. They are not shown to users as keys by themselves are not particularly useful. – Andrew Chow – 2019-05-10T05:23:36.050
Right. Thanks Andrew. – Bajjubaba – 2019-05-10T05:38:27.710
Possible duplicate of Can you list receiving addresses in bitcoin-cli?
– RedGrittyBrick – 2019-05-08T13:30:58.287