Pearl is a Proof-of-Useful-Work blockchain — instead of brute-force SHA-256 hashing, miners run large language model inference on a GPU and submit the model outputs as proof of work. Same security guarantees as Bitcoin's PoW, but the compute does something useful. Below: what hardware you need, where to get GPU credit, and where to start.
Pearl mining uses vLLM as its inference backend, which sets a hard hardware floor:
Cloud GPU rentals run $1.50–$2.50/hour depending on the provider. The two best options for Pearl mining:
Per-second billing on H100 / H200 SXM. Solid uptime, friendly UI. Spin up a Pearl mining pod in under 60 seconds.
Community GPU marketplace. H100 / H200 at peer-to-peer prices. Pick your host, lock the rate, mine immediately.
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The gateway is what mines. The other two are dependencies.
For the full hands-on tutorial — including bare-metal commands, monitoring tips, profitability math and common errors — read our deep-dive: How to mine PEARL on a single GPU. It walks through everything from curl -LO pearl-linux-x64.tar.gz to your first BLOCK FOUND log line.
Watch the network state page for current hashrate and block reward. Multiply (your hashrate / network hashrate) × 3,456 blocks/day × current block reward to estimate your daily PEARL. Multiply by current PEARL price (USD) to get gross revenue. Subtract GPU rental cost ($48/day for an H100 at $2/hr). Profitable months and unprofitable months alternate as the network grows — single-GPU solo mining is feast-or-famine. Read the article above for the full framework.
Once you've mined your first block, paste your prl1… address into our homepage search bar and you'll get a dedicated wallet page with balance, mined blocks, orphans lost, miner rank vs every other Pearl miner, and full transaction history. It's the fastest way to see whether your setup is working.