Help secure the post-quantum PiNeroBase network. Run a full node to follow the chain and validate every transaction independently. Earning PNR as a validator becomes possible once v1.0 multi-node consensus and v1.1 staking ship — both on the public roadmap.
Choose how you want to participate in the PiNeroBase network.
Follows the chain, validates every transaction and block independently using ML-DSA-65 signature verification, and stores the complete chain state. Strengthens decentralisation without requiring stake. Today: a full node syncs the single-validator devnet over HTTP gossip; v1.0 hardens transport with libp2p.
Initial disk requirement
Planned (v1.0–v1.1): proposes blocks, signs prevote and precommit messages with ML-DSA-65, and earns PNR block rewards. Requires staking PNR as collateral. The validator role is single-operator on the current devnet — external validator entry opens with v1.1.
Required to participate as a validator
PiNeroBase is designed to run on modest hardware. You do not need a server farm to support the network.
Modern quad-core processor. ML-DSA signature verification is CPU-intensive but fully parallelisable across cores.
Needed for mempool management, state trie caching, and handling concurrent ML-DSA signature verifications during block validation.
SSD required for LevelDB performance. ML-DSA signatures are larger than ECDSA (3,293 bytes vs 64 bytes) so chain storage grows faster than classical blockchains.
Stable broadband connection. Once multi-node BFT consensus ships in v1.0, validator nodes will need low-latency connections to participate in propose/prevote/precommit rounds.
PiNeroBase nodes run on Node.js LTS. Install using nvm for easy version management. Linux, macOS, and Windows are all supported.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the recommended operating system for validator nodes. macOS and Windows are supported for full nodes and development.