Cant make transactions in bitcoind

Question

I create new VPS on vultr, then I setup bitcoind as follow: https://www.ringingliberty.com/bitcoin/

In bitcoin.conf

rpcuser=bitcoinrpc

rpcpassword=<snip>

daemon=1

rpctimeout=30

rpcport=8332

rpcallowip=my_vps_ip

gen=0

keypool=100

I use https://github.com/aceat64/EasyBitcoin-PHP

My code PHP

$account = 'string_random';

$bitcoin  = new Bitcoin();

$sign_1   = $bitcoin->getnewaddress($account);

$sign_2   = $bitcoin->getnewaddress($account);

$multisig = $bitcoin->createmultisig(1, [$sign_1, $sign_2]);

I get address from: $multisig['address'] and then used wallet blockchain.info send bitcoin to it.

But, when I login to ssh and check:

bitcoin-cli listtransactions result is []

bitcoin-cli getbalance is 0.000

Cant get transaction. Please help.

Answer 1

Fist you should encrypt your wallet:

bitcoin-cli encryptwallet 'yourpassphrasehere'

After that your bitcoind must synchronize with network(get all blocks)

Run command:

bitcoin-cli getinfo

and see how many blocks are synchronized:

{

  "version": 130200,

  "protocolversion": 70015,

  "walletversion": 60000,

  "balance": 0.00455069,

  "blocks": 451571,    < ------------------

  "timeoffset": 0,

  "connections": 1,

  "proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",

  "difficulty": 392963262344.3704,

  "testnet": false,

  "keypoololdest": 1485982350,

  "keypoolsize": 87610,

  "unlocked_until": 0,

  "paytxfee": 0.00000000,

  "relayfee": 0.00001000,

  "errors": ""

}