(context post by HarryS)

Ah, nice, thanks for that.

When I run, Is it normal for it to give nothing, or what?

getinfo gives me

Quote from: HarryS on June 27, 2010, 01:43:37 AM

When I run, Quote./bitcoind getaddressesbylabel "" [ ] Is it normal for it to give nothing, or what?

Hmm, yeah, it’s probably normal; I THOUGHT the default address was given an empty label; I’m wrong, they’re given the label “Your Address”. So: Code:./bitcoind getaddressesbylabel “Your Address” should work.

Or just generate a new address, either with or without a label: Code:./bitcoind getnewaddress

Welcome, Harry.

I hadn’t thought about starting out using bitcoind without using bitcoin first.  I guess for now, this thread serves as the tutorial. 

The focus for bitcoind so far has been more on backend support for websites.  There’s demand for things that would be nice for adminning headless generators like listgenerated.  For the moment, you can grep the debug.log file for “generated” and “hashmeter” for some feedback.  Generated blocks take about 24 hours before they’re credited to your balance.