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Bitcoin Regtest Local Server Instructions
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  1. Grab the latest bitcoin-core .tar.gz release and unpack it https://bitcoin.org/en/download
  2. Add the bin folder to your path
  3. Start the regtest server bitcoind -regtest
  4. Create a test wallet bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet test
  5. Get a bcrt address for your wallet bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress
  6. 'Mine' some regtest btc bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 <address-from-previous-command>
  7. Make sure it worked `bitcoin-cli getblockcount
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on OSX, replace steps 1 and 2 with:

  1. download bitcoind from bitcoin.org: curl -O https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.0/bitcoin-0.21.0-osx64.tar.gz
  2. unzip it, add it's bin dir to your $PATH

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fponcedeleon commented May 3, 2021 •
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Got an error when running:
bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 <address-from-previous-command>

Solution:
Add -regtest param:
bitcoin-cli -regtest generatetoaddress 10 <address-from-previous-command>

Also applies for the getblockcount:
bitcoin-cli -regtest getblockcount

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