# 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: 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stacks.co/operate/run-a-miner/verify-miner.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.