diff --git a/plugins/currency/bitcoin/bitcoind_ b/plugins/currency/bitcoin/bitcoind_
index 6a7bccb8..12fe03bd 100755
--- a/plugins/currency/bitcoin/bitcoind_
+++ b/plugins/currency/bitcoin/bitcoind_
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ def main():
     command = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None
     request_labels = {'balance': ('Wallet Balance', 'BTC'),
                       'connections': ('Peer Connections', 'Connections'),
-                      'fees': ("Tip Offered", "BTC"),
                       'transactions': ("Transactions", "Transactions",
                                        ('confirmed', 'waiting')),
                       'block_age': ("Last Block Age", "Seconds"),
@@ -120,8 +119,9 @@ def main():
                                                  bitcoin_options.rpcport),
                                username=bitcoin_options.rpcuser,
                                password=bitcoin_options.rpcpassword)
-        (info, connect_error) = bitcoin.getinfo()
-        error = "Could not connect to Bitcoin server: {}".format(connect_error)
+        (info, connect_error) = bitcoin.getnetworkinfo()
+        if connect_error:
+            error = "Could not connect to Bitcoin server: {}".format(connect_error)
 
     if command == 'autoconf':
         if error:
@@ -134,20 +134,35 @@ def main():
         print(error, file=sys.stderr)
         return False
 
+    if request_var == 'balance':
+        # we use getbalance*s* (plural) as old getbalance is being deprecated,
+        # and we have to calculate total balance (owned and watch-only) manually now.
+        (info, error) = bitcoin.getbalances()
+
+        total = sum(info[wallet_mode]['trusted']
+                    for wallet_mode in ('mine', 'watchonly')
+                    if wallet_mode in info)
+
+        info['balance'] = total
+
     if request_var in ('transactions', 'block_age'):
-        (info, error) = bitcoin.getblockhash(info['blocks'])
-        (info, error) = bitcoin.getblock(info)
+        (info, error) = bitcoin.getblockchaininfo()
+        (info, error) = bitcoin.getblock(info['bestblockhash'])
         info['block_age'] = int(time.time()) - info['time']
         info['confirmed'] = len(info['tx'])
 
-    if request_var in ('fees', 'transactions'):
-        (memory_pool, error) = bitcoin.getrawmempool()
-        if memory_pool:
-            info['waiting'] = len(memory_pool)
+    if request_var == 'difficulty':
+        (info, error) = bitcoin.getblockchaininfo()
+
+    if request_var == 'transactions':
+        (memory_pool, error) = bitcoin.getmempoolinfo()
+        info['waiting'] = memory_pool['size']
 
     for label in line_labels:
         print("%s.value %s" % (label, info[label]))
 
+    return True
+
 
 def parse_conf(filename):
     """ Bitcoin config file parser. """
@@ -249,7 +264,7 @@ class Proxy:
             return (None, e)
 
         if DEBUG:
-            print('RPC Response (%s): %s' % (self.method, json.dumps(body, indent=4)))
+            print('RPC Response (%s): %s' % (self.method, json.dumps(json.loads(body), indent=4)))
 
         try:
             data = json.loads(body)