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Add changes to Mining Guide

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Jay Graber 2017-05-08 16:21:00 -07:00
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@ -35,9 +35,19 @@ Zcash Miner started
Congratulations! You are now mining on the mainnet.
To stop the Zcash daemon, enter the command:
```bash
$ ./src/zcash-cli stop
```
### Spending Mining Rewards
Coins are mined into a t-addr (transparent address), but can only be spent to a z-addr (shielded address). Refer to our [1.0 User Guide](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide) for instructions on how to use the `z_sendmany` command to send coins from a t-addr to a z-addr. You will need at least 4GB of RAM for this operation.
Coins are mined into a t-addr (transparent address), but can only be spent to a z-addr (shielded address), and must be swept out of the t-addr in one transaction with no change. Refer to our [1.0 User Guide](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide) for instructions on how to use the `z_sendmany` command to send coins from a t-addr to a z-addr. You will need at least 4GB of RAM for this operation.
### Mining Pools
If you're mining by yourself or at home, you're most likely to succeed if you join an existing mining pool. See this community-maintained [list of mining pools](https://www.zcashcommunity.com/mining/mining-pools/) for further instructions.
## Modifications
@ -51,6 +61,8 @@ reservekey.KeepKey();
Remove or comment out that line in both places.
zcashd 1.0.6 will have out-of-the-box support for mining to a specified address using the `-mineraddress=` option.
### Use P2PKH transactions
The internal `zcashd` miner inherited from Bitcoin uses P2PK for coinbase transactions. The trend in the Bitcoin blockchain has been to use P2PKH instead; we are considering [changing the internal miner to use P2PKH](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/issues/945), but not for the 1.0 release.