- Grab the latest bitcoin-core .tar.gz release and unpack it https://bitcoin.org/en/download
- Add the
bin
folder to your path - Start the regtest server
bitcoind -regtest
- Create a test wallet
bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet test
- Get a bcrt address for your wallet
bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress
- 'Mine' some regtest btc
bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 <address-from-previous-command>
- Make sure it worked `bitcoin-cli getblockcount