From 458334be0d37e9b9679574215131c61ffc3976e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wowario <wowario@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:11:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] change key check to warning

---
 src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
index 0ee103610..c4860b36b 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
   {
     if (!boost::filesystem::exists("spend.key"))
     {
-      LOG_PRINT_L0("File \"spend.key\" does not exist. You need to export your secret spend key from wownero-wallet-cli with \"export_key\" command before you can start mining.");
-      return false;
+        MGINFO_RED("Warning: \"spend.key\" file does not exist. As of version 10, you need to export \nyour secret spend key from wownero-wallet-cli with \"export_key\" command so you \ncan sign blocks with your private key.");
     }
 
     std::ifstream key_file("spend.key");