user4591: I downloaded Bitcoin-Qt and synched.  I downloaded pyminer to help me understand the mining process.  But I need a username and password.  Where do I get them for solo mining?

user85: You just make them up. They just need to match on both ends (the bitcoin program and the mining program).

user2306: Add a file named bitcoin.conf to your data directory with the following values:
 # server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
 server=1

 # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
 rpcuser=user
 rpcpassword=<a password you make up>

Tell pyminer to mine at localhost with the password/username combo you just used.

4591: <p>I downloaded Bitcoin-Qt and synched.  I downloaded pyminer to help me understand the mining process.  But I need a username and password.  Where do I get them for solo mining?</p>
 85: <p>You just make them up. They just need to match on both ends (the bitcoin program and the mining program).</p>
 2306: <p>Add a file named <code>bitcoin.conf</code> <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory" rel="nofollow">to your data directory</a> with the following values:</p>

<pre><code> # server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
 server=1

 # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
 rpcuser=user
 rpcpassword=&lt;a password you make up&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Tell pyminer to mine at localhost with the password/username combo you just used.</p>
