Bitcoin Forum

Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: wexcide on May 09, 2013, 03:11:34 AM



Title: Bitcoin Generation in bitcoin.conf
Post by: wexcide on May 09, 2013, 03:11:34 AM
Can anybody explain to me what "gen=" does in the bitcoin.conf?

I am just curious really, mining is a verification process, so what is the generation process about? Are there any advantages to setting it to 1?
Code:
# Set gen=1 to attempt to generate bitcoins
gen=0