bitcoin: bitcoind daemon + reindex does not daemonize

-daemon flag is ignored

Expected bitcoind to background itself

runs in the foreground. If you disconnect from session it dies.

Everytime

From website, latest version 0.16

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 6 years ago
  • Comments: 16 (9 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

-server is for enabling RPC when running the GUI (bitcoin-qt). When you run bitcoind, the RPC server is always enabled (otherwise it wouldn’t serve any function).

+1
sipa on Jun 6, 2018
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