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Litecoin's binary distributables (the program that you can download and run) come in two flavours; one is a graphical interface, generally seen as litecoin-qt, or just litecoin, and the other is a 'headless' version called litecoind which only uses the command line. They are completely compatible with each other, they take the same command-line arguments, read the same configuration file, and read and write the same data files. You can run only one copy of either litecoin-qt or litecoind on your system at a time. If you accidentally try to launch two copies, the most recently opened copy will let you know that one is already running and it will exit.

Linux Quickstart

The simplest way to start from scratch with the command line client--automatically syncing the blockchain and creating a wallet--is to save the binary and just run this command (without arguments) from the directory containing the downloaded litecoind binary:

./litecoind

This version of the litecoin binary runs in the background after you call it for the first time. It is a 'headless' server which you can query with subsequent calls from the command line, and can be stopped through a command line argument such as:

./litecoind stop

To run with the standard GUI interface:

./litecoin-qt

Command-line arguments

While litecoind is running, the -? or –-help arguments will print out a list of the command-line arguments and then exit:

./litecoind -?

Options:

   -?
      Print this help message and exit
 -version
      Print version and exit
 -alertnotify=<cmd>
      Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really
      long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)
 -blocknotify=<cmd>
      Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by
      block hash)
 -assumevalid=<hex>
      If this block is in the chain assume that it and its ancestors are valid
      and potentially skip their script verification (0 to verify all,
      default:
      59c9b9d3fec105bdc716d84caa7579503d5b05b73618d0bf2d5fa639f780a011,
      testnet:
      a0afbded94d4be233e191525dc2d467af5c7eab3143c852c3cd549831022aad6)
 -conf=<file>
      Specify configuration file (default: litecoin.conf)
 -daemon
      Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands
 -datadir=<dir>
      Specify data directory
 -dbcache=<n>
      Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 450)
 -loadblock=<file>
      Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file on startup
 -debuglogfile=<file>
      Specify location of debug log file: this can be an absolute path or a
      path relative to the data directory (default: debug.log)
 -maxorphantx=<n>
      Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: 100)
 -maxmempool=<n>
      Keep the transaction memory pool below <n> megabytes (default: 300)
 -mempoolexpiry=<n>
      Do not keep transactions in the mempool longer than <n> hours (default:
      336)
 -persistmempool
      Whether to save the mempool on shutdown and load on restart (default: 1)
 -blockreconstructionextratxn=<n>
      Extra transactions to keep in memory for compact block reconstructions
      (default: 100)
 -par=<n>
      Set the number of script verification threads (-4 to 16, 0 = auto, <0 =
      leave that many cores free, default: 0)
 -pid=<file>
      Specify pid file (default: litecoind.pid)
 -prune=<n>
      Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old
      blocks. This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to
      delete specific blocks, and enables automatic pruning of old
      blocks if a target size in MiB is provided. This mode is
      incompatible with -txindex and -rescan. Warning: Reverting this
      setting requires re-downloading the entire blockchain. (default:
      0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC,
      >550 = automatically prune block files to stay under the
      specified target size in MiB)
 -reindex-chainstate
      Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks
 -reindex
      Rebuild chain state and block index from the blk*.dat files on disk
 -sysperms
      Create new files with system default permissions, instead of umask 077
      (only effective with disabled wallet functionality)
 -txindex
      Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc
      call (default: 0)

Connection options:

 -addnode=<ip>
      Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open (see
      the `addnode` RPC command help for more info)
 -banscore=<n>
      Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)
 -bantime=<n>
      Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default:
      86400)
 -bind=<addr>
      Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation
      for IPv6
 -connect=<ip>
      Connect only to the specified node(s); -connect=0 disables automatic
      connections (the rules for this peer are the same as for
      -addnode)
 -discover
      Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip
      or -proxy)
 -dns
      Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect (default: 1)
 -dnsseed
      Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1
      unless -connect used)
 -externalip=<ip>
      Specify your own public address
 -forcednsseed
      Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: 0)
 -listen
      Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)
 -listenonion
      Automatically create Tor hidden service (default: 1)
 -maxconnections=<n>
      Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)
 -maxreceivebuffer=<n>
      Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)
 -maxsendbuffer=<n>
      Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)
 -maxtimeadjustment
      Maximum allowed median peer time offset adjustment. Local perspective of
      time may be influenced by peers forward or backward by this
      amount. (default: 2100 seconds)
 -onion=<ip:port>
      Use separate SOCKS5 proxy to reach peers via Tor hidden services
      (default: -proxy)
 -onlynet=<net>
      Only connect to nodes in network <net> (ipv4, ipv6 or onion)
 -permitbaremultisig
      Relay non-P2SH multisig (default: 1)
 -peerbloomfilters
      Support filtering of blocks and transaction with bloom filters (default:
      1)
 -port=<port>
      Listen for connections on <port> (default: 9333 or testnet: 19335)
 -proxy=<ip:port>
      Connect through SOCKS5 proxy
 -proxyrandomize
      Randomize credentials for every proxy connection. This enables Tor
      stream isolation (default: 1)
 -seednode=<ip>
      Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect
 -timeout=<n>
      Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (minimum: 1, default: 5000)
 -torcontrol=<ip>:<port>
      Tor control port to use if onion listening enabled (default:
      127.0.0.1:9051)
 -torpassword=<pass>
      Tor control port password (default: empty)
 -upnp
      Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)
 -whitebind=<addr>
      Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use
      [host]:port notation for IPv6
 -whitelist=<IP address or network>
      Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or
      CIDR notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Can be specified multiple
      times. Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned and their
      transactions are always relayed, even if they are already in the
      mempool, useful e.g. for a gateway
 -maxuploadtarget=<n>
      Tries to keep outbound traffic under the given target (in MiB per 24h),
      0 = no limit (default: 0)

Wallet options:

 -addresstype
      What type of addresses to use ("legacy", "p2sh-segwit", or "bech32",
      default: "p2sh-segwit")
 -changetype
      What type of change to use ("legacy", "p2sh-segwit", or "bech32").
      Default is same as -addresstype, except when
      -addresstype=p2sh-segwit a native segwit output is used when
      sending to a native segwit address)
 -disablewallet
      Do not load the wallet and disable wallet RPC calls
 -keypool=<n>
      Set key pool size to <n> (default: 1000)
 -fallbackfee=<amt>
      A fee rate (in LTC/kB) that will be used when fee estimation has
      insufficient data (default: 0.02)
 -discardfee=<amt>
      The fee rate (in LTC/kB) that indicates your tolerance for discarding
      change by adding it to the fee (default: 0.0001). Note: An output
      is discarded if it is dust at this rate, but we will always
      discard up to the dust relay fee and a discard fee above that is
      limited by the fee estimate for the longest target
 -mintxfee=<amt>
      Fees (in LTC/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for
      transaction creation (default: 0.001)
 -paytxfee=<amt>
      Fee (in LTC/kB) to add to transactions you send (default: 0.00)
 -rescan
      Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions on startup
 -salvagewallet
      Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet on startup
 -spendzeroconfchange
      Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: 1)
 -txconfirmtarget=<n>
      If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin
      confirmation on average within n blocks (default: 6)
 -walletrbf
      Send transactions with full-RBF opt-in enabled (RPC only, default: 0)
 -upgradewallet
      Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup
 -wallet=<file>
      Specify wallet file (within data directory) (default: wallet.dat)
 -walletbroadcast
      Make the wallet broadcast transactions (default: 1)
 -walletdir=<dir>
      Specify directory to hold wallets (default: <datadir>/wallets if it
      exists, otherwise <datadir>)
 -walletnotify=<cmd>
      Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced
      by TxID)
 -zapwallettxes=<mode>
      Delete all wallet transactions and only recover those parts of the
      blockchain through -rescan on startup (1 = keep tx meta data e.g.
      account owner and payment request information, 2 = drop tx meta
      data)

ZeroMQ notification options:

 -zmqpubhashblock=<address>
      Enable publish hash block in <address>
 -zmqpubhashtx=<address>
      Enable publish hash transaction in <address>
 -zmqpubrawblock=<address>
      Enable publish raw block in <address>
 -zmqpubrawtx=<address>
      Enable publish raw transaction in <address>

Debugging/Testing options:

 -uacomment=<cmt>
      Append comment to the user agent string
 -debug=<category>
      Output debugging information (default: 0, supplying <category> is
      optional). If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1,
      output all debugging information. <category> can be: net, tor,
      mempool, http, bench, zmq, db, rpc, estimatefee, addrman,
      selectcoins, reindex, cmpctblock, rand, prune, proxy, mempoolrej,
      libevent, coindb, qt, leveldb.
 -debugexclude=<category>
      Exclude debugging information for a category. Can be used in conjunction
      with -debug=1 to output debug logs for all categories except one
      or more specified categories.
 -help-debug
      Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)
 -logips
      Include IP addresses in debug output (default: 0)
 -logtimestamps
      Prepend debug output with timestamp (default: 1)
 -maxtxfee=<amt>
      Maximum total fees (in LTC) to use in a single wallet transaction or raw
      transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions
      (default: 0.10)
 -printtoconsole
      Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file
 -shrinkdebugfile
      Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug)

Chain selection options:

 -testnet
      Use the test chain

Node relay options:

 -bytespersigop
      Equivalent bytes per sigop in transactions for relay and mining
      (default: 20)
 -datacarrier
      Relay and mine data carrier transactions (default: 1)
 -datacarriersize
      Maximum size of data in data carrier transactions we relay and mine
      (default: 83)
 -mempoolreplacement
      Enable transaction replacement in the memory pool (default: 0)
 -minrelaytxfee=<amt>
      Fees (in LTC/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying,
      mining and transaction creation (default: 0.00001)
 -whitelistrelay
      Accept relayed transactions received from whitelisted peers even when
      not relaying transactions (default: 1)
 -whitelistforcerelay
      Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate
      local relay policy (default: 1)

Block creation options:

 -blockmaxweight=<n>
      Set maximum BIP141 block weight (default: 3996000)
 -blockmaxsize=<n>
      Set maximum BIP141 block weight to this * 4. Deprecated, use
      blockmaxweight
 -blockmintxfee=<amt>
      Set lowest fee rate (in LTC/kB) for transactions to be included in block
      creation. (default: 0.00001)

RPC server options:

 -server
      Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands
 -rest
      Accept public REST requests (default: 0)
 -rpcbind=<addr>[:port]
      Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. This option is
      ignored unless -rpcallowip is also passed. Port is optional and
      overrides -rpcport. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This
      option can be specified multiple times (default: 127.0.0.1 and
      ::1 i.e., localhost, or if -rpcallowip has been specified,
      0.0.0.0 and :: i.e., all addresses)
 -rpccookiefile=<loc>
      Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)
 -rpcuser=<user>
      Username for JSON-RPC connections
 -rpcpassword=<pw>
      Password for JSON-RPC connections
 -rpcauth=<userpw>
      Username and hashed password for JSON-RPC connections. The field
      <userpw> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<SALT>$<HASH>. A
      canonical python script is included in share/rpcuser. The client
      then connects normally using the
      rpcuser=<USERNAME>/rpcpassword=<PASSWORD> pair of arguments. This
      option can be specified multiple times
 -rpcport=<port>
      Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 9332 or testnet:
      19332)
 -rpcallowip=<ip>
      Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a
      single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g.
      1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This
      option can be specified multiple times
 -rpcserialversion
      Sets the serialization of raw transaction or block hex returned in
      non-verbose mode, non-segwit(0) or segwit(1) (default: 1)
 -rpcthreads=<n>
      Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)

litecoin.conf Configuration File

All command-line options (except for -datadir and -conf) may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file.

The configuration file is a list of setting=value pairs, one per line, with optional comments starting with the '#' character.

The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite plain-text editor. By default, the Litecoin binary will look for a file named litecoin.conf in the Litecoin data directory, but both the data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the -datadir and -conf command-line arguments.

Operating system Default data directory location Typical path to configuration file
Linux $HOME/.litecoin/ /home/<username>/.litecoin/litecoin.conf
Mac $HOME/Library/Application Support/Litecoin/ /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Litecoin/litecoin.conf
Windows %APPDATA%\Litecoin\ XP -- C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Litecoin\litecoin.conf

Vista, 7 -- C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\litecoin.conf

Note: if running Litecoin in testnet mode, the sub-folder "testnet" will be appended to the data directory automatically.

Sample litecoin.conf

Here is a sample litecoin.conf file.

 # litecoin.conf configuration file. Lines beginning with # are comments.
 
 
 # Network-related settings:
 
 # Run on the test network instead of the real litecoin network.
 #testnet=0
 
 # Connect via a socks4 proxy
 #proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
 
 ##############################################################
 ##            Quick Primer on addnode vs connect            ##
 ##  Let's say for instance you use addnode=4.2.2.4          ##
 ##  addnode will connect you to and tell you about the      ##
 ##    nodes connected to 4.2.2.4.  In addition it will tell ##
 ##    the other nodes connected to it that you exist so     ##
 ##    they can connect to you.                              ##
 ##  connect will not do the above when you 'connect' to it. ##
 ##    It will *only* connect you to 4.2.2.4 and no one else.##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  So if you're behind a firewall, or have other problems  ##
 ##  finding nodes, add some using 'addnode'.                ##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  If you want to stay private, use 'connect' to only      ##
 ##  connect to "trusted" nodes.                             ##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  If you run multiple nodes on a LAN, there's no need for ##
 ##  all of them to open lots of connections.  Instead       ##
 ##  'connect' them all to one node that is port forwarded   ##
 ##  and has lots of connections.                            ##
 ##       Thanks goes to [Noodle] on Freenode.               ##
 ##############################################################
 
 # Use as many addnode= settings as you like to connect to specific peers
 #addnode=69.164.218.197
 #addnode=10.0.0.2:9333
 
 # ... or use as many connect= settings as you like to connect ONLY
 # to specific peers:
 #connect=69.164.218.197
 #connect=10.0.0.1:9333
 
 
 # Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
 #maxconnections=
 
 
 # JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running Litecoin/litecoind process)
 
 # server=1 tells Litecoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
 #server=0
 
 # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
 #rpcuser=Ulysseys
 #rpcpassword=YourSuperGreatPasswordNumber_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_OR_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_385593
 
 # How many seconds litecoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request.
 # after the HTTP connection is established. 
 #rpctimeout=30
 
 # By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed.  Specify
 # as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from
 # other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character).
 # NOTE: opening up the RPC port to hosts outside your local
 # trusted network is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the rpcpassword
 # is transmitted over the network unencrypted.
 #rpcallowip=10.1.1.34
 #rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
 
 # Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port:
 #rpcport=9332
 
 # You can use Litecoin or litecoind to send commands to Litecoin/litecoind
 # running on another host using this option:
 #rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
 
 # Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate
 # with Litecoin -server or litecoind
 #rpcssl=1
 
 # OpenSSL settings used when rpcssl=1
 #rpcsslciphers=TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH
 #rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert
 #rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem
 
 
 # Miscellaneous options
 
 # Set gen=1 to attempt to generate litecoins
 #gen=0
  
 # Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for
 # both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
 #keypool=100
 
 # Pay an optional transaction fee every time you send litecoins.  Transactions with fees
 # are more likely than free transactions to be included in generated blocks, so may
 # be validated sooner.
 #paytxfee=0.00
 
 # Allow direct connections for the 'pay via IP address' feature.
 #allowreceivebyip=1
 
 # Allows litecoind to operate with the BDB wallet disabled.
 #disablewallet=1
 
 # User interface options
 
 # Start Litecoin minimized
 #min=1
 
 # Minimize to the system tray
 #minimizetotray=1

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