# Verify Miner

## Verify Configuration

You can verify that your node is operating as a miner by checking its log output to verify that it was able to find its Bitcoin UTXOs:

{% code title="logs" %}

```bash
$ head -n 1000 /path/to/your/node/logs | grep -i utxo
INFO [1630127492.031042] [testnet/stacks-node/src/run_loop/neon.rs:146] [main] Miner node: checking UTXOs at address: <redacted>
INFO [1630127492.062652] [testnet/stacks-node/src/run_loop/neon.rs:164] [main] UTXOs found - will run as a Miner node
```

{% endcode %}

## Verify Operations

The first transaction of the miner is a registration transaction on Bitcoin. It just contains an `OP_RETURN` utxo.

Thereafter, the miner creates for each block one transaction on Bitcoin with one data output, and two commit outputs to the stackers. The amount is half the value of the configured `burn_fee_cap` property.

If the miner won a sortition, the corresponding Stacks address will create a tenure change transaction and a coinbase transaction. The block rewards will be awarded 100 blocks later if mining was successful.