NAME

lncli - control plane for your Lightning Network Daemon (lnd)

USAGE

lncli [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION

0.8.2-beta commit=queue/v1.0.2-81-gf5b1d40b9af062179b5c77cf0b3e6414a8a0751d

COMMANDS

command	description
getinfo	Returns basic information related to the active daemon.
debuglevel	Set the debug level.
stop	Stop and shutdown the daemon.
help, h	Shows a list of commands or help for one command

Channels

command	description
openchannel	Open a channel to a node or an existing peer.
closechannel	Close an existing channel.
closeallchannels	Close all existing channels.
abandonchannel	Abandons an existing channel.
channelbalance	Returns the sum of the total available channel balance across all open channels.
pendingchannels	Display information pertaining to pending channels.
listchannels	List all open channels.
closedchannels	List all closed channels.
getchaninfo	Get the state of a channel.
getnetworkinfo	Get statistical information about the current state of the network.
feereport	Display the current fee policies of all active channels.
updatechanpolicy	Update the channel policy for all channels, or a single channel.
exportchanbackup	Obtain a static channel back up for a selected channels, or all known channels
verifychanbackup	Verify an existing channel backup
restorechanbackup	Restore an existing single or multi-channel static channel backup

Macaroons

command	description
bakemacaroon	Bakes a new macaroon with the provided list of permissions and restrictions

On-chain

command	description
estimatefee	Get fee estimates for sending bitcoin on-chain to multiple addresses.
sendmany	Send bitcoin on-chain to multiple addresses.
sendcoins	Send bitcoin on-chain to an address.
listunspent	List utxos available for spending.
listchaintxns	List transactions from the wallet.

Payments

command	description
sendpayment	Send a payment over lightning.
payinvoice	Pay an invoice over lightning.
sendtoroute	Send a payment over a predefined route.
addinvoice	Add a new invoice.
lookupinvoice	Lookup an existing invoice by its payment hash.
listinvoices	List all invoices currently stored within the database. Any active debug invoices are ignored.
listpayments	List all outgoing payments.
queryroutes	Query a route to a destination.
decodepayreq	Decode a payment request.
fwdinghistory	Query the history of all forwarded HTLCs.

Peers

command	description
connect	Connect to a remote lnd peer.
disconnect	Disconnect a remote lnd peer identified by public key.
listpeers	List all active, currently connected peers.
describegraph	Describe the network graph.
getnodeinfo	Get information on a specific node.

Startup

command	description
create	Initialize a wallet when starting lnd for the first time.
unlock	Unlock an encrypted wallet at startup.
changepassword	Change an encrypted wallet's password at startup.

Wallet

command	description
newaddress	Generates a new address.
walletbalance	Compute and display the wallet's current balance.
signmessage	Sign a message with the node's private key.
verifymessage	Verify a message signed with the signature.

Watchtower

command	description
wtclient	Interact with the watchtower client.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

option	description
--rpcserver value	host:port of ln daemon (default: "localhost:10009")
--lnddir value	path to lnd's base directory (default: "/home/tomosaigon/.lnd")
--tlscertpath value	path to TLS certificate (default: "/home/tomosaigon/.lnd/tls.cert")
--chain value, -c value	the chain lnd is running on e.g. bitcoin (default: "bitcoin")
--network value, -n value	the network lnd is running on e.g. mainnet, testnet, etc. (default: "mainnet")
--no-macaroons	disable macaroon authentication
--macaroonpath value	path to macaroon file
--macaroontimeout value	anti-replay macaroon validity time in seconds (default: 60)
--macaroonip value	if set, lock macaroon to specific IP address
--help, -h	show help
--version, -v	print the version