diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cbfcb0f..ba6a8d8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Neptune-core is the reference implementation for the [Neptune](https://neptune.c
  - Generate a wallet file: `neptune-wallet-gen`
  - Run neptune-core daemon: `neptune-core` with flags
    - `--peers [ip_address:port]` to connect to a given peer, for instance `--peers 51.15.139.238:9798` or `--peers 139.162.193.206:9798` or both
-   - `--mine` to mine, and with `--throttled-mining` to avoid assigning too much CPU power to mining
+   - `--mine` to mine — if you want to generate testnet coins to test sending and receiving
    - `--help` to get a list of available command-line arguments
 
 ## Dashboard
diff --git a/scripts/linux/run-multiple-instances.sh b/scripts/linux/run-multiple-instances.sh
index 2c191d4d..8f46d561 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/run-multiple-instances.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/run-multiple-instances.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ set -e # Exit on first error.
 
 export RUST_LOG=debug;
 
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/0/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29790 --rpc-port 19790 --mine --throttled-mining 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I0:  \1/g'  &
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/0/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29790 --rpc-port 19790 --mine 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I0:  \1/g'  &
 pid[0]=$!
 sleep 5s;
 RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/1/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29791 --rpc-port 19791 --peers 127.0.0.1:29790 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I1:  \1/g'  &
 pid[1]=$!
 sleep 5s;
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/2/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29792 --rpc-port 19792 --peers 127.0.0.1:29791 --mine --throttled-mining --max-number-of-blocks-before-syncing 1000 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I2:  \1/g' &
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/2/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29792 --rpc-port 19792 --peers 127.0.0.1:29791 --mine --max-number-of-blocks-before-syncing 1000 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I2:  \1/g' &
 pid[2]=$!
 
 # Inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/52033580/2574407
diff --git a/scripts/linux/run-single-instance.sh b/scripts/linux/run-single-instance.sh
index 29b127f7..ce4e0c79 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/run-single-instance.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/run-single-instance.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set -e # Exit on first error.
 
 export RUST_LOG=debug;
 
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/0/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29790 --rpc-port 19790 --mine --throttled-mining 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I0:  \1/g'  &
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share/neptune-integration-test/0/ nice -n 18 --  cargo run -- --network regtest --peer-port 29790 --rpc-port 19790 --mine 2>&1 | tee -a integration_test.log | sed 's/.*neptune_core:\+\(.*\)/I0:  \1/g'  &
 pid[0]=$!
 sleep 5s;
 
diff --git a/src/config_models/cli_args.rs b/src/config_models/cli_args.rs
index 16179bfd..82164647 100644
--- a/src/config_models/cli_args.rs
+++ b/src/config_models/cli_args.rs
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[clap(long)]
     pub mine: bool,
 
-    /// If mining, restrict CPU time spent in mining thread. Ignored if mine flag not set.
+    /// If mining, use all available CPU power. Ignored if mine flag not set.
     #[clap(long)]
-    pub throttled_mining: bool,
+    pub unrestricted_mining: bool,
 
     /// Prune the mempool when it exceeds this size in RAM.
     ///
diff --git a/src/mine_loop.rs b/src/mine_loop.rs
index f6365350..78f0ec83 100644
--- a/src/mine_loop.rs
+++ b/src/mine_loop.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async fn mine_block(
 
     // Mining takes place here
     while Hash::hash(&block_header) >= threshold {
-        if state.cli.throttled_mining {
+        if !state.cli.unrestricted_mining {
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
         }