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Merge bitcoin#22393: doc: added info to bitcoin.conf doc
fa84cae doc: added info to bitcoin.conf doc (Brian Liotti) Pull request description: Should probably be explicitly stated to not make modifications to the conf file while daemon is running. ref bitcoin#11586 For example, if rpc credentials are modified while bitcoind is running, `bitcoin-cli stop` is unable to stop bitcoind until the original credentials are restored in `bitcoin.conf` ACKs for top commit: rajarshimaitra: ACK bitcoin@fa84cae Zero-1729: ACK fa84cae theStack: ACK fa84cae 🗄️ Tree-SHA512: f6ddffc25563c0b01e661b6abe43a7909938ad8eca38d6d0e2d4a2ce9fb850e51b54d950ef3118b74b6e340c64fe3f37205861720a2de2933db29782234869bb
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All command-line options (except for `-?`, `-help`, `-version` and `-conf`) may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options (except for `includeconf`) may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file and configuration file options override values set in the GUI.
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Changes to the configuration file while `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` is running only take effect after restarting.
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## Configuration File Format
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The configuration file is a plain text file and consists of `option=value` entries, one per line. Leading and trailing whitespaces are removed.

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