In the previous steps we configured a single node and it was great but not very useful since the configuration used was not set for mining. As we know, mining is needed in order to publish contracts so let's configure our node to mine. A sample configuration for mining is miner1.conf. Don't forget to fill the missing settings in miner1.conf just like we did in the RSK configuration as is explained here.

In IntelliJ IDEA, copy the existing RSK configuration:

And change the VM options for the miner node:

To setup more mining nodes two more configurations (miner2.conf and miner3.conf) can be found on the utilities repo. Repeat the same process used for miner1 and your local mining network is ready to go!

Running miners

We have now three configurations for different miners, now the funny part, let's run our local RSK Smart network. Go to Run configuration button again and start all the miners configurations one after the other.

Congratulations! you're running a local RSK mining party :)