settable etherbase

- etherbase flag for block reward destination
- coinbase => etherbase
- CLI- eth Config -> eth, xeth -> RPC / Miner
- use primary instead of coinbase as the unlock magic wildcard
- accounts: firstAddr/Coinbase -> Primary

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index da505218b..05e2e4ae6 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ JavaScript API. See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Javascipt-Conso
 		utils.LogJSONFlag,
 		utils.LogLevelFlag,
 		utils.MaxPeersFlag,
+		utils.EtherbaseFlag,
 		utils.MinerThreadsFlag,
 		utils.MiningEnabledFlag,
 		utils.NATFlag,
@@ -322,10 +323,10 @@ func startEth(ctx *cli.Context, eth *eth.Ethereum) {
 
 	account := ctx.GlobalString(utils.UnlockedAccountFlag.Name)
 	if len(account) > 0 {
-		if account == "coinbase" {
-			accbytes, err := am.Coinbase()
+		if account == "primary" {
+			accbytes, err := am.Primary()
 			if err != nil {
-				utils.Fatalf("no coinbase account: %v", err)
+				utils.Fatalf("no primary account: %v", err)
 			}
 			account = common.ToHex(accbytes)
 		}
@@ -468,7 +469,6 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		} else {
 			statedb := state.New(block.Root(), stateDb)
 			fmt.Printf("%s\n", statedb.Dump())
-			// fmt.Println(block)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index f948cdb06..1b5559081 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -96,10 +96,15 @@ var (
 		Name:  "mine",
 		Usage: "Enable mining",
 	}
+	EtherbaseFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "Etherbase",
+		Usage: "public address for block mining rewards. By default the address of your primary account is used",
+		Value: "primary",
+	}
 
 	UnlockedAccountFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "unlock",
-		Usage: "unlock the account given until this program exits (prompts for password). '--unlock coinbase' unlocks the primary (coinbase) account",
+		Usage: "unlock the account given until this program exits (prompts for password). '--unlock primary' unlocks the primary account",
 		Value: "",
 	}
 	PasswordFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
@@ -215,6 +220,7 @@ func MakeEthConfig(clientID, version string, ctx *cli.Context) *eth.Config {
 		LogFile:         ctx.GlobalString(LogFileFlag.Name),
 		LogLevel:        ctx.GlobalInt(LogLevelFlag.Name),
 		LogJSON:         ctx.GlobalString(LogJSONFlag.Name),
+		Etherbase:       ctx.GlobalString(EtherbaseFlag.Name),
 		MinerThreads:    ctx.GlobalInt(MinerThreadsFlag.Name),
 		AccountManager:  GetAccountManager(ctx),
 		VmDebug:         ctx.GlobalBool(VMDebugFlag.Name),