Web3 ethereum miner start not implemented

Question

I am getting a "miner_start method not implemented" error when I try to start miner. How to solve this error?

Answer 1

You have to first enable "miner" API with --rpcapi option and then start miner. To enable this API, use:

$ geth --rpc --rpcapi "eth,miner,net,web3"

Now you won't get this error.

Comments

I am not able to add peer using addPeer command. Even after using the command you told. Let me know what I can do

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This is because addPeer is a function that comes under admin option of rpcapi. To use it, you will have to use the following command:

$ geth --rpc --rpcapi "eth,miner,net,web3,admin"