bitcoin-cli "getbalance" always returns 0 I have bitcoind running on windows and currently it's syncing the blockchain. Nevertheless, command getbalance always returns zero as value. Even if I seach for an address which has bitcoin.

E.g.
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon&gt;bitcoin-cli.exe getbalance "[address...]"
0.00000000


Why does it always return 0? I would like to get the address balance of a specific address. I used an address from blockchain.info which had a balance before the current downloaded block.
getbalance only applies to addresses you own (and are in your wallet.dat).