# Gavin Andresen # 2011-04-05 12:04:50 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5324.msg79519#msg79519 @s{quotedtext} @s{quotedtext} @p{brk} Better would be a new feature that tells the mining bitcoin "please credit generated bitcoins to THIS address (instead of a new one)." @p{par} If you are just mining, you don't need the private key at all, the bitcoin address (or public key) is enough to create the coin generation transaction.