<p>You can't solo mine if you're not synched. In order to mine, you need to know what the longest chain is, and you can't do that until you're synched.</p>

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2013-08-15T20:29:39.030Z
O, it does make sense, thank you. That's exactly what i needed to know.
user6371
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2013-08-15T19:45:53.277Z
2013-08-15T19:45:53.277Z
David Schwartz
<p>So the question is can i start mining(solo)/using my wallet for transactions or whatever when my wallet is not sync'd? I've tried to mine solo but it doesn't work =(.</p>

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2013-08-15T17:20:16.597Z
What have you tried? How is it failing?  It is possible to mine and sync at the same time. Some hints: Bitcoin client needs to run in server mode for one thing.  Also what mining software are you using?
Neil Neyman
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2013-08-15T17:33:09.653Z
I've tried exactly solo minining in server mode with bitcoin-qt(launchs from .bat file "bitcoin-qt -server -datadir:=Disk\folder(example)") client and 50miner; file Bitcoin.conf is also created. I would be very greatful if you help me. We can contact by email or something else so i'll be able to describe anything you might need to know if you know much about this and ready to help me.
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Solo mining before wallet got sync'd
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# Solo mining before wallet got sync'd

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-15)

So the question is can i start mining(solo)/using my wallet for transactions or whatever when my wallet is not sync'd? I've tried to mine solo but it doesn't work =(.

**Tags:** wallet, synchronization, solo-mining

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What have you tried? How is it failing?  It is possible to mine and sync at the same time. Some hints: Bitcoin client needs to run in server mode for one thing.  Also what mining software are you using?  
> **username_0**: I've tried exactly solo minining in server mode with bitcoin-qt(launchs from .bat file "bitcoin-qt -server -datadir:=Disk\folder(example)") client and 50miner; file Bitcoin.conf is also created. I would be very greatful if you help me. We can contact by email or something else so i'll be able to describe anything you might need to know if you know much about this and ready to help me.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-08-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You can't solo mine if you're not synched. In order to mine, you need to know what the longest chain is, and you can't do that until you're synched.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: O, it does make sense, thank you. That's exactly what i needed to know.  

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