bitcoind -daemon is not supported on this operating system #13121

issue thotheolh opened this issue on April 30, 2018

thotheolh commented at 2:04 AM on April 30, 2018: none
Bitcoin Core daemon running on a Windows 7 seems to be not supported with the following error:
```
C:\Users\User1>bitcoind -daemon
Error: -daemon is not supported on this operating system
```
fanquake added the label Windows on Apr 30, 2018
sipa commented at 3:02 AM on April 30, 2018: member

Yes, the concept of a daemon does not exist on windows.

There are system services, but dealing with those is fairly different from daemons in Unix.
thotheolh commented at 7:04 AM on April 30, 2018: none

Does it mean I am not able to access the JSON-RPC service for Bitcoin ?

How do I access JSON-RPC service on Windows ?
laanwj commented at 12:13 PM on April 30, 2018: member

You do not need -daemon to access JSON-RPC. The option for that is -server, however that option is enabled by default for bitcoind (it is optional for bitcoin-qt). So in that regard you don't have to do anything special, it's exactly the same as on every other operating system.
laanwj closed this on Apr 30, 2018
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