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walletpassphrase

walletpassphrase "passphrase" timeout ( stakingonly )

Stores the wallet decryption key in memory for 'timeout' seconds.

This is needed prior to performing transactions related to private keys such as sending reddcoins Note:

Issuing the walletpassphrase command while the wallet is already unlocked will set a new unlock time that overrides the old one.

Argument #1 - passphrase​

Type: string, required

The wallet passphrase

Argument #2 - timeout​

Type: numeric, required

The time to keep the decryption key in seconds; capped at 100000000 (~3 years).

Argument #3 - stakingonly​

Type: boolean, optional

If the wallet is unlocked for staking only

Result​

null    (json null)

Examples​

Unlock the wallet for 60 seconds:

reddcoin-cli walletpassphrase "my pass phrase" 60
Unlock the wallet for 99999999 seconds for staking:
reddcoin-cli walletpassphrase "my pass phrase" 99999999 true

Lock the wallet again (before 60 seconds):

reddcoin-cli walletlock

As a JSON-RPC call:

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "walletpassphrase", "params": ["my pass phrase", 60]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:45443/

As a JSON-RPC call:

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "walletpassphrase", "params": ["my pass phrase", 99999999 true]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:45443/