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I downloaded Bitcoin-Qt and synched. I downloaded pyminer to help me understand the mining process. But I need a username and password. Where do I get them for solo mining?
Where do I get my username and password for solo mining?
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Add a file named bitcoin.conf to your data directory with the following values:
# server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
server=1
# You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=<a password you make up>
Tell pyminer to mine at localhost with the password/username combo you just used.
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You just make them up. They just need to match on both ends (the bitcoin program and the mining program).
But the Bitcoin-Qt program never asked me to create one. I looked for it, and found nothing. – dacracot – 2013-04-23T05:15:50.333
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While I appreciate your response and that I should RTFM, so much documentation and terminology is rather obtuse for someone new to the process. A more directed response, as given by Nick ODell, saved me from reading much that was not applicable and solved my problem. – dacracot – 2013-04-24T04:49:03.590
I'm on OSX. Where does the bitcoin.conf file go so Bitcoin-QT will pick it up? – dacracot – 2013-04-23T19:46:36.553
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@dacracot In your data directory. See this page.
– Nick ODell – 2013-04-23T20:07:15.400