# Thanks for getting me started

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/thanks-for-getting-me-started/1204>\
**Category:** Mining Support\
**Created:** [August 17, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/thanks-for-getting-me-started/1204 "2016-08-17T03:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![eshriek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/eshriek/32/253_2.png) [@eshriek](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/eshriek)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/thanks-for-getting-me-started/1204/4 "2016-08-18T08:01:37Z")

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> [@Shawn](#):
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> Also don’t worry about not finding a block yet, in light of the recent  
> [DoS attacks](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/it-seems-the-dos-attack-on-testnet/1205).

… another post that helped me out for a separate issue prior to DoS concern:  
[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z8-conf-file-changes-and-connection-issues/1163/14?u=eshriek](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z8-conf-file-changes-and-connection-issues/1163/14)

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