# See a longer example at; /usr/share/doc/bitcoin/examples/bitcoin.conf

# Defaults that are also passed in by systemd
datadir=/var/lib/bitcoind
pid=/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
disablewallet=1

# make the cookie go to /etc/bitcoin
rpccookiefile=/etc/bitcoin/.cookie
# make sure the cookie is readable by users able to read /etc/bitcoin
sysperms=1

#  --rpcauth--
#  There additionally is the config option "rpcauth" to allow
#  multiple different users to use different credentials for login.
#
#  The config option comes in the format:
#  rpcauth=USERNAME:SALT$HASH
#
#  Where:
#  1-USERNAME is desired username. Name doesn't have to be unique.
#  2-SALT is the salt for the HMAC_SHA256 function
#  3-HASH is a hex string that is the result of the HMAC_SHA256
#  function on the user's secret password plus the SALT as the key.
#
#  A "canonical" password generating python script has been supplied
#  at "/etc/bitcoin/rpcuser.py". From the client-side, one connects
#  using the standard -rpcuser/-rpcpassword options.
#
#  How to create an RPC user login credential.
#  $ python2 /etc/bitcoin/rpcuser.py <username>