Quick-start guide

The shortest path to mining PBC: the GUI wallet on one machine, the miner on yours (or the same one). 10 minutes flat.

1.Download and launch the GUI wallet

Get the all-in-one app for your system (Downloads section):

Windows: PBC-1.0.17-win64-portable.exe — double-click, nothing to install
Linux: PBC-1.0.17-linux-x86_64.AppImage — chmod +x then run it (or the .deb package)

The app automatically starts your node (it accepts miners from your local network), the wallet and the interface.

⚠️ Only one node or GUI wallet per local network (LAN). If you run a second node or GUI wallet on the same network, it will not be able to synchronize. Not a problem: one is enough — the GUI wallet contains the node, and every other machine on the LAN will mine on it (step 4).

2.Create your wallet

On first launch, choose "Create a wallet", set a password, then:

⚠️ WRITE DOWN the recovery phrase (25 words) shown on screen — it is the ONLY backup of your funds. Then copy your address (it starts with Pbc…), you will need it at step 4.

3.Download the miner and its config file

On the machine that will mine (Linux 64-bit — the same machine as the wallet, or another one on your network):

wget https://privbank.finance/fichiers/pbcminer_v2_linux_x86_64
wget https://privbank.finance/fichiers/pbcminer_config.json -O config.json
chmod +x pbcminer_v2_linux_x86_64

🛡️ Windows / antivirus: being based on XMRIG, the miner may be flagged as a false positive (as XMRIG is everywhere). This is expected — it IS a miner, that is its purpose. If in doubt: build from the source code.

4.Edit the config.json file (2 fields)

Open config.json with any text editor. Two fields to fill in:

"pools": [
{
  "url": "192.168.1.20:18831",      ← IP of the machine running the GUI wallet (step 1)
                                      (miner on the SAME machine? keep "127.0.0.1:18831")
  "user": "PbcYourAddressHere",     ← YOUR wallet address (step 2)
  "algo": "rx/pbc",                 ← do not touch
  "coin": "pbcchain",               ← do not touch
  "daemon": true                    ← do not touch
}
]

To find the IP of the GUI wallet machine: ip a (Linux) or ipconfig (Windows) on that machine.

Save the file.

5.Start mining

sudo ./pbcminer_v2_linux_x86_64 --config config.json -t $(($(nproc) - 2))

sudo: recommended — enables huge pages and CPU MSR optimization (much better performance). Without sudo it still mines, just slower.
-t $(($(nproc) - 2)) = all your threads minus 2 (keeps the machine responsive). Set whatever you want: -t 8, etc.
To mine in the background: sudo screen -dmS miner ./pbcminer_v2_linux_x86_64 --config config.json -t $(($(nproc) - 2)) (screen -r miner to watch, Ctrl+A then D to detach).

Rewards go to your address, visible in the GUI wallet.

⏳ Expected behavior: each reward arrives in 4 locked parts that unlock at ~24 h / ~30 d / ~60 d / ~90 d (protocol vesting). Your spendable balance will grow progressively.

What's next?

Track your activity on the block explorer.
Put your PBC into a term deposit from the GUI wallet to earn yield — the heart of PBC.
Problem? The full guide details every step (checks, logs, pitfalls).