<p>Will Bitcoin-qt mine bitcoins if all I have done is downloaded and installed Bitcoin-qt, and typed in "setgenerate true" into the console?  Are there other steps or configurations necessary?  If so, what are they?</p>

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2014-04-20T21:15:02.917Z
There are no other steps or configurations necessary. You can type `getmininginfo` to verify the mining process is running. However, it is *extremely unlikely* that you will find a block using this method, because CPU mining for Bitcoin is far too slow for the current difficulty.
Greg Hewgill
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2014-04-20T21:28:29.160Z
Thanks, I am aware of the difficulty already, just wanted to confirm the process.
oemb1905
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2014-04-20T22:19:03.283Z
[Answered here.](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/24756/bitcoin-conf-json-rpc-options/24759#24759)
Nate Eldredge
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2014-05-08T08:05:02.240Z
@NateEldredge Would it be correct to assume that it is a duplicate then?
Murch
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2014-05-09T03:20:10.960Z
Hey Murch, No.  He happened to answer this question in his answer to a question about JSON.  That's because the questions were related, not because they were the same.
oemb1905
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Bitcoin-Qt & setgenerate true
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# Bitcoin-Qt & setgenerate true

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-20)

Will Bitcoin-qt mine bitcoins if all I have done is downloaded and installed Bitcoin-qt, and typed in "setgenerate true" into the console? Are there other steps or configurations necessary? If so, what are they?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, miner-configuration, mac, solo-mining, bitcoin.conf

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There are no other steps or configurations necessary. You can type `getmininginfo` to verify the mining process is running. However, it is *extremely unlikely* that you will find a block using this method, because CPU mining for Bitcoin is far too slow for the current difficulty.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, I am aware of the difficulty already, just wanted to confirm the process.  
> **username_2**: [Answered here.](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/24756/bitcoin-conf-json-rpc-options/24759#24759)  
> **username_3**: @username_2 Would it be correct to assume that it is a duplicate then?  
> **username_0**: Hey username_3, No.  He happened to answer this question in his answer to a question about JSON.  That's because the questions were related, not because they were the same.  

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