How to Mine Pearl (PRL): A Step-by-Step Guide
Pearl (PRL) is a Proof-of-Useful-Work cryptocurrency: instead of burning electricity on throwaway hashes, your GPU runs AI-style matrix-multiplication workloads (the pearlhash algorithm) to secure the chain. That makes it one of the few coins where modern, high-memory NVIDIA GPUs are a genuine advantage.
This guide takes you from zero to a running miner in four steps. The whole process takes under ten minutes.
What you need
- An NVIDIA GPU — Turing (RTX 20-series) or newer. More VRAM and a newer architecture mean more useful-work throughput. See our best GPUs for Pearl mining guide.
- A Pearl wallet address (starts with
prl1…). - A mining program — SRBMiner-MULTI supports
pearlhash. - A mining pool, so your small contributions add up to steady payouts.
Step 1 — Get a Pearl wallet
Download the latest Pearl Wallet release from the official repo: github.com/pearl-research-labs/pearl/releases. It bundles pearld (the node), oyster (the wallet), and prlctl (the CLI).
You don't need to sync a full node to mine — the wallet only has to generate an address:
oyster --create # creates your wallet and prints a seed phrase
prlctl getnewaddress # prints your prl1… payout address
Write down the seed phrase and store it offline. It's the only way to recover your funds. If you'd rather not run any software, a PRL deposit address from an exchange that supports Pearl also works.
Step 2 — Install a miner
Any pearlhash miner works with PullSignal. Solid choices:
suprminer — NVIDIA, by ocminer (Suprnova), with a 0% dev fee and strong Blackwell performance. Download the latest _u2204 build from its releases page (use _u2004 if you hit a glibc error):
curl -L -o suprminer.tar.gz https://github.com/ocminer/suprminer/releases/download/v1.9.4/suprminer-neptune-1.9.4_u2204.tar.gz
tar -xzf suprminer.tar.gz
PeakMiner — NVIDIA (RTX 30/40/50-series), a single self-contained binary:
curl -L -o peakminer https://github.com/peakminer/peakminer/releases/download/v1.0.4/peakminer-1.0.4-linux-x86_64
chmod +x peakminer
SRBMiner-MULTI — cross-platform (AMD + NVIDIA, Linux + Windows). Grab the latest from its releases page and unpack it:
curl -LO https://github.com/doktor83/SRBMiner-Multi/releases/download/3.3.9/SRBMiner-Multi-3-3-9-Linux.tar.gz
tar -xzf SRBMiner-Multi-3-3-9-Linux.tar.gz
cd SRBMiner-Multi-3-3-9
(Check each releases page for the newest version number.)
Step 3 — Point it at a pool
Solo mining a new coin can mean waiting weeks for a block. A pool combines everyone's hashrate and pays you a steady share, so most miners start here. Point your miner at the pool, using your prl1… address as the username.
suprminer (NVIDIA, 0% fee — add -d 0,1 for multiple GPUs):
./suprminer-neptune -a pearl -o stratum+tcp://stratum.pullsignal.co:3360 -u YOUR_PRL_ADDRESS.rig01 -p x
PeakMiner (NVIDIA):
./peakminer -o stratum.pullsignal.co:3360 -u YOUR_PRL_ADDRESS.rig01 --coin pearl
SRBMiner-MULTI (AMD/NVIDIA):
./SRBMiner-MULTI \
--algorithm pearlhash \
--pool stratum.pullsignal.co:3360 \
--wallet YOUR_PRL_ADDRESS \
--worker rig01
That's it — your worker appears on the pool within about ten seconds. Want the whole block to yourself? See pool vs solo mining.
Step 4 — Watch your stats and get paid
Look your address up on the pool's miner dashboard to see your hashrate, active workers and pending balance. Good pools pay out automatically — on PullSignal, balances are sent every hour once they pass a 1 PRL minimum, straight to your wallet.
A note on profitability
Mining returns depend on your power cost, your GPU, PRL's price, and network difficulty — all of which move constantly. Newer cards with more memory earn more, and per-card returns fall as more miners join the network. Do your own math before committing hardware. None of this is investment advice.
Ready to start?
Everything you need is on our connect page: copy-paste commands, both pool and solo ports, and a one-minute setup walkthrough. PullSignal charges a flat 1% fee on pool and solo alike, with hourly payouts and full public transparency.