<p>The RPC server can be disabled by using the <code>-server=0</code> option or adding <code>server=0</code> to your bitcoin.conf file.</p>
<p>It is enabled by default when using <code>bitcoind</code>, but disabled by default when using <code>bitcoin-qt</code>.</p>

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Ava Chow
<p>Is it possible to disable JSON-RPC server ? It seems like it's always on.</p>

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Disable Bitcoin core JSON-RPC server?
Farghaly
# Disable Bitcoin core JSON-RPC server?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-08)

Is it possible to disable JSON-RPC server ? It seems like it's always on.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, bitcoin-cli


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-08. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

The RPC server can be disabled by using the `-server=0` option or adding `server=0` to your bitcoin.conf file.

It is enabled by default when using `bitcoind`, but disabled by default when using `bitcoin-qt`.


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