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How do I use the Bitcoin GUI app to mine bitcoins?  May 22, 2011 – 00:00

I'm new to Bitcoin. I installed and ran the GUI app, checked "Generate Coins" in the Settings menu, and the status bar reads "Generating". How do I know if it's actually working?

I'm aware that mining is a CPU-intensive process that could take a long time; this is why I'm skeptical that the app is working. top reveals that bitcoin is only using about 25% CPU. I haven't limited CPU use in the Preferences.

I've read the mining guide on weusecoins.com. It says I must setup JSON-RPC, but it's ambiguous about how to do that. Do I need to set a username/password in the config file that it points to on the wiki? If so, how do I create a username?

I'm running on Mac OS X and Bitcoin 0.3.21-beta, the latest at the time of this post.

Source: superuser.com

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