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verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )

Verifies blockchain database.

Arguments:
1. checklevel    (numeric, optional, default=3, range=0-4) How thorough the block verification is:
                 - level 0 reads the blocks from disk
                 - level 1 verifies block validity
                 - level 2 verifies undo data
                 - level 3 checks disconnection of tip blocks
                 - level 4 tries to reconnect the blocks
                 - each level includes the checks of the previous levels
2. nblocks       (numeric, optional, default=6, 0=all) The number of blocks to check.

Result:
true|false    (boolean) Verification finished successfully. If false, check debug.log for reason.

Examples:
> bitcoin-cli verifychain 
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "verifychain", "params": []}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

{
    "name": "checklevel",
    "detailsLines": [
        "                 - level 0 reads the blocks from disk",
        "                 - level 1 verifies block validity",
        "                 - level 2 verifies undo data",
        "                 - level 3 checks disconnection of tip blocks",
        "                 - level 4 tries to reconnect the blocks",
        "                 - each level includes the checks of the previous levels"
    ],
    "properties": [
        "numeric",
        "optional",
        "default=3",
        "range=0-4"
    ],
    "description": "How thorough the block verification is:"
}

{
    "name": "nblocks",
    "detailsLines": [],
    "properties": [
        "numeric",
        "optional",
        "default=6",
        "0=all"
    ],
    "description": "The number of blocks to check."
}