bx settings

Display the loaded configuration settings.

$ bx settings --help

Usage: bx settings [-h] [--config VALUE] [--format VALUE]                

Info: Display the loaded configuration settings.                         

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-f [--format]        The output format. Options are 'info', 'json' and   
                     'xml', defaults to 'info'.                          
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

If settings are not specified in a configuration file the defaults are populated.

Example 1

defaults

$ bx settings

    network
    {
        channel_handshake_seconds 30
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        debug_file debug.log
        error_file error.log
        hosts_file hosts.cache
        identifier 3652501241
        seeds seed.bitnodes.io:8333,seed.bitcoinstats.com:8333,seed.bitcoin.sipa.be:8333,dnsseed.bluematt.me:8333,seed.bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch:8333,dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org:8333
    }
    server
    {
        client_private_key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        server_public_key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
        socks_proxy [::ffff:0:0]
        url tcp://mainnet.libbitcoin.net:9091
    }
    wallet
    {
        hd_public_version 76067358
        hd_secret_version 76066276
        pay_to_public_key_hash_version 0
        pay_to_script_hash_version 5
        transaction_version 1
        wif_version 128
    }

Example 2

--config bx-testnet.cfg

$ bx settings -c bx-testnet.cfg

settings
{
    network
    {
        channel_handshake_seconds 30
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        debug_file debug.log
        error_file error.log
        hosts_file hosts.cache
        identifier 118034699
        seeds testnet-seed.alexykot.me:18333,testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org:18333,testnet-seed.bluematt.me:18333,testnet-seed.bitcoin.schildbach.de:18333
    }
    server
    {
        client_private_key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        server_public_key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
        socks_proxy [::ffff:0:0]
        url tcp://testnet.libbitcoin.net:19091
    }
    wallet
    {
        hd_public_version 70617039
        hd_secret_version 70615956
        pay_to_public_key_hash_version 111
        pay_to_script_hash_version 196
        transaction_version 1
        wif_version 239
    }
}

This presumes the existence of bx-testnet.cfg with the above settings.

Example 3

environment variable BX_CONFIG=MyConfig/bx.cfg

$ bx settings

settings
{
    network
    {
        channel_handshake_seconds 30
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        debug_file debug.log
        error_file error.log
        hosts_file hosts.cache
        identifier 3652501241
        seeds seed.bitnodes.io:8333,seed.bitcoinstats.com:8333,seed.bitcoin.sipa.be:8333,dnsseed.bluematt.me:8333,seed.bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch:8333,dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org:8333
    }
    server
    {
        client_private_key "A6hgo]R8<48/xB3yfd5x]mt-a9u/*P^j$$K)SBR@"
        connect_retries 0
        connect_timeout_seconds 5
        server_public_key ")nNv4Ji=CU:}@<LOu-<QvB)b-PIh%PX[)?mH>XAl"
        socks_proxy 127.0.0.1:1080
        url tcp://rmrai2ifbed2bf55.onion:19091
    }
    wallet
    {
        hd_public_version 76067358
        hd_secret_version 76066276
        pay_to_public_key_hash_version 0
        pay_to_script_hash_version 5
        transaction_version 1
        wif_version 128
    }
}

This presumes the existence of MyConfig/bx.cfg with the above settings.