<p>No, it doesn't have to be. Mining doesn't require private keys, only (part of) the public one. Having only the address of the destination is enough, so the wallet can be locked.</p>

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2013-04-20T15:10:04.843Z
2013-04-20T15:10:04.843Z
Tom van der Woerdt
<p>Currently I am mining at around 775Mh/s and have been for only 12 hours.  I want to make sure everything is setup properly.</p>

<p>I have encrypted my wallet and Bitcoin is reporting that the wallet is <strong>encrypted</strong> and <strong>locked</strong>.  Does the wallet need to be unlocked in order for the mining process to yield its results?</p>

<p><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4426/mining-and-bitcoin-wallet">This question was helpful.</a></p>

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Note that 775Mh/s is absolutely nothing and I doubt you'll ever get any payout. You need something a 100x (probably 1000x) faster to expect anything.
Jannes
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Does my wallet need to be unlocked to mine?
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# Does my wallet need to be unlocked to mine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-20)

Currently I am mining at around 775Mh/s and have been for only 12 hours. I want to make sure everything is setup properly.

I have encrypted my wallet and Bitcoin is reporting that the wallet is **encrypted** and **locked**. Does the wallet need to be unlocked in order for the mining process to yield its results?

[This question was helpful.](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4426/mining-and-bitcoin-wallet)

**Tags:** wallet, miner-configuration

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Note that 775Mh/s is absolutely nothing and I doubt you'll ever get any payout. You need something a 100x (probably 1000x) faster to expect anything.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-04-20. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

No, it doesn't have to be. Mining doesn't require private keys, only (part of) the public one. Having only the address of the destination is enough, so the wallet can be locked.


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