First, we need a node running. See the installation section. Once you have your node running here's how to create a wallet, generate an address and extract the scriptPubKey value that will allow you to earn mining rewards.
You will need the value from "scriptPubKey" to mine. In this example, this person would use the value "0014a8a44c20e7b12de5405bb864cd9d5be3c5bd055a" to pass to the python mining script. This would credit the rewards of the block to their address.
To send a transaction, the FACT0RN node must be running. You can then submit a transaction using the following command: