Hide this capability from GUI users, who are unlikely to understand upon first contact that they will waste electricity for year(s), before possibly generating a single block.
Remove GUI 'generate coins' option. #142
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jgarzik commented at 6:43 PM on April 3, 2011: contributor
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jgarzik commented at 6:44 PM on April 3, 2011: contributor
Forum thread: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=5353.0
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Remove GUI's "Generate Coins" option from the menu.
CPU mining remains available via command line option [until/unless the community decides to remove that completely].
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jgarzik commented at 7:13 PM on April 18, 2011: contributor
Updated branch to ignore fGenerateBitcoins stored wallet setting (see forum thread) in GUI version of bitcoin.
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