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When I created an account via Geth to mine Ethereum in the first place, I was given an address. Then I used the "geth attach" command to keep track of my balance but the coinbase address there is not the same as  the first one. So, the question is: which of these two addresses should I input in the .bat file that starts the mining process (I am mining in the pool) for me to get revenue?

Your coinbase address will ALWAYS be different than any address you created through GETH.

If you created an account through GETH, it should have prompted you for a password.
It also created a private key file; usually it's located in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Geth, or something like that.
SAVE THIS FILE. IF YOU LOSE THIS FILE YOU LOSE YOUR WALLET.

I put mine on USB drives that I have put in my parent's house.

If you want to access your private wallet, you have to use a program to open the wallet. I personally use Mist.
https://github.com/ethereum/mist

Use this to open your private key file with password. Then you can send funds to your Coinbase account.

Coinbase keeps all the key file + password private from you. You only have the address and the ability to send through their interface.

Alright, so I have installed Mist and when I launched it, it didn't ask anything for me to input and it opened 3 Ethereum wallets. One of them is the main one (Etherbase) which has the same address as the coinbase address I got via "geth attach". So should I input the "nodekey" (the only key file I found) anywhere now?

Mist has automatically searched and found the accounts.

It should take some time to sync with the network, but after that you should be able to send ether to your coinbase account.

Test it first. Try sending like .1 eth, make sure it gets into your Coinbase account, then you can send the rest.

Hopefully you remembered your password!

Okay, I will definetly try sending a small amount of ehter to the account when I will have some. I am just a casual miner with an MSI GTX 970 GPU that generates about 0.005 ETH a day, so the process will take a bit. Thank you for your help!

If you're solo mining using GETH, you will only get paid out when you find a block. A block pays out a full 5 Ether. With that GPU you might only find one block every few months...

I highly suggest pool mining with small mh/s. Your payouts will be more consistent and you can track them. I use ethermine.org.

Yeah, I know about this. I am mining in the DwarfPool and I get about 35 shares an hour and it is okay for me at the moment. I plan to buy and setup an ASIC in the future.