From 4fc60f340f6ef5ffe68e684ed44e5974fa08e8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: obscuren <geffobscura@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:43:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Wait for catchup when starting the miner

---
 utils/cmd.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utils/cmd.go b/utils/cmd.go
index c084542b41..1d97c96396 100644
--- a/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/utils/cmd.go
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ func StartMining(ethereum *eth.Ethereum) bool {
 			miner = ethminer.NewDefaultMiner(addr, ethereum)
 			// Give it some time to connect with peers
 			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+			for !ethereum.IsUpToDate() == false {
+				time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+			}
+
 			logger.Infoln("Miner started")
 			miner := ethminer.NewDefaultMiner(addr, ethereum)
 			miner.Start()