generatetodescriptor

generating dangerous since 0.20.0

mines to a specified descriptor and returns the block hashes.

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generatetodescriptor num_blocks "descriptor" ( maxtries )

Mine to a specified descriptor and return the block hashes.

Arguments:
1. num_blocks    (numeric, required) How many blocks are generated.
2. descriptor    (string, required) The descriptor to send the newly generated bitcoin to.
3. maxtries      (numeric, optional, default=1000000) How many iterations to try.

Result:
[           (json array) hashes of blocks generated
  "hex",    (string) blockhash
  ...
]

Examples:

Generate 11 blocks to mydesc
> bitcoin-cli generatetodescriptor 11 "mydesc"

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