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<p>It's the same wallet, data?</p>
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<p>This depends on your configuration like <code>-datadir</code>. This can be specified by command line, or something like a registry key value (when you are using Microsoft Windows).</p>
<p>Note that recent versions of Bitcoin Core supports loading multiple wallet at same time.</p>
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<p>TL:DR: is the RPC 8332 port active when using the GUI, Vs the Daemon?</p>
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<p>Yes, of course both <code>bitcoin-qt</code> and <code>bitcoind</code> supports JSON-RPC.</p>
<p>Edit: My apologies. For <code>bitcoin-qt</code> GUI, to enable JSON-RPC you must specify <code>-server=1</code> in command line options, or edit <code>bitcoin.conf</code> to add <code>server=1</code> to it. For command-line <code>bitcoind</code>, JSON-RPC is enabled by default. Thanks for Pieter Wuille for pointing this out.</p>

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<p>I assume that if I've Bitcoin installed locally and I either run the GUI or the Daemon... It's the same wallet, data?</p>
<p>To that end, if I want to use the RPC interface, can i just use the GUI while developing (I like that at alerts on any action) rather than the daemon?</p>
<p>TL:DR: is the RPC 8332 port active when using the GUI, Vs the Daemon?</p>

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Bitcoin Core Vs Daemon (Windows 10)
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# Bitcoin Core Vs Daemon (Windows 10)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-15)

I assume that if I've Bitcoin installed locally and I either run the GUI or the Daemon... It's the same wallet, data?

To that end, if I want to use the RPC interface, can i just use the GUI while developing (I like that at alerts on any action) rather than the daemon?

TL:DR: is the RPC 8332 port active when using the GUI, Vs the Daemon?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-22. Score: 1

> It's the same wallet, data?

This depends on your configuration like `-datadir`. This can be specified by command line, or something like a registry key value (when you are using Microsoft Windows).

Note that recent versions of Bitcoin Core supports loading multiple wallet at same time.

> TL:DR: is the RPC 8332 port active when using the GUI, Vs the Daemon?

Yes, of course both `bitcoin-qt` and `bitcoind` supports JSON-RPC.

Edit: My apologies. For `bitcoin-qt` GUI, to enable JSON-RPC you must specify `-server=1` in command line options, or edit `bitcoin.conf` to add `server=1` to it. For command-line `bitcoind`, JSON-RPC is enabled by default. Thanks for username_2 for pointing this out.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: You need to start `bitcoin-qt` with the `-server=1` command-line option (or put `server=1` in bitcoin.conf) in order to enable JSON-RPC access. For `bitcoind` it is enabled by default.  

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