Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

Mining guide

The first step is to download a wallet. Primecoin supports native mining within the wallet, just like original Bitcoin clients, but also can be mined on the cloud via various online cloud service providers.

A quick Windows guide is presented as follows, Linux client is also available at http://primecoin.io/downloads.php.

1. The first step is to download the Primecoin wallet from http://primecoin.io/index.php.
2. Once the wallet is installed and synced with the network, mining can be started by following the next step. A debug window can be opened in the Primecoin wallet by clicking on the Help menu and selecting the Debug window menu item. Additional help can be invoked through typing help in the Console window of Debug window used ...