From Mobile to Desktop: How to Mine Pi on PC Using Pi Node?

Pi Network Project Overview

Pi Network is a novel cryptocurrency project that aims to make mining accessible to everyone through a mobile application. Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies that require massive computational power, Pi Network allows users to mine with minimal battery consumption on their smartphones, aiming to create a user-friendly environment for individuals unfamiliar with cryptocurrency and promote widespread adoption.

The success of the project largely depends on its ability to maintain user interest and expand the community, with the community being the core of the Pi Network philosophy, where users can collaborate and learn from each other. The application facilitates communication between users, allowing them to share experiences, skills, and strategies to maximize mining efforts. This collaborative approach not only enhances user experience but also helps build trust and transparency within the network.

Pi Network project logo (Image source:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/pi-network-coins-62-crash-explained)

Related links:

Official website entrance:https://minepi.com/

X (Twitter):https://x.com/PiCoreTeam

Medium：https://pinetwork-official.medium.com/

Telegram:https://t.me/PiAnnouncements

App download:

• Ios: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pi-network/id1445472541
• Google Play: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pi-network/id1445472541

Blockexplorer: https://blockexplorer.minepi.com/mainnet/

Trading Entrance:https://www.Gate.com/en/trade/PI_USDT

Pi Network project roadmap

Currently, Pi Network has gradually overcome the limitations of its closed network, moving toward true decentralization and actively promoting connections with external ecosystems. This transformation is reflected in several areas, including lifting firewall restrictions, achieving interoperability between $PI tokens and external blockchain networks, and enhancing token liquidity. At the same time, Pi Network continues to optimize its mainnet infrastructure, aiming to provide support for more developers and enterprises.

Looking ahead, the ecological development of Pi Network will focus on global user growth, expanding enterprise cooperation, and broadening payment scenarios. This will depend on factors such as user adoption rates, compliance progress, and market demand. Additionally, as Pi Network moves toward real-world payment integration, it must continuously optimize its ecosystem, promote the long-term sustainable development of the project, and ensure its stable growth and influence in the digital economy.

Pi Network project roadmap (Image source:https://minepi.com/roadmap/)

Pi Network main application

1. Mining Application

The Pi Mining application is the original primary mobile application of the Pi Network (available on iOS and Android), where Pioneers register, mine Pi, receive major network announcements, participate in community activities, and interact with others in the community daily.

2. Pi Chats

Pi Chats is the built-in messaging solution in the Pi App for Pioneers to participate in open-format discussions. It has evolved into a communication application with Web3 mechanisms, designed to encourage constructive connections while curbing unnecessary communication.

3. Fireside Forum

Fireside Forum is a Web3 social networking application that leverages Pi cryptocurrency and innovative token economics to create a decentralized, authentic space, fostering authenticity, constructive dialogue, and healthier online social interaction.

4.Pi Node

Pi Network mainly mines cryptocurrency through mobile applications. On the other hand, if users want to participate in Pi Network on PC, the official Pi Node software is also provided, allowing users to run nodes on their computers to help maintain the decentralization and security of the network.

Pi Node（source:https://node.minepi.com/)

How to mine on PC?

Unlike mining cryptocurrencies on mobile devices, Pi Node allows users to install and run node software on the PC side, further enhancing the security and decentralization of the network. This application uses a consensus algorithm based on the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) and verifies transactions on the blockchain by establishing trusted “quorum slices”.

For ordinary users, Pi Network provides an easy-to-use desktop application that allows users to not only monitor their Pi balance, view media content, but also chat and interact with other functions through a mobile-like interface. At the same time, Pi Node offers multiple levels of participation, from a simple desktop application (Computer App) to a full blockchain node (Node), and to a supernode (SuperNode) that supports the entire network, each level has different functions and technical requirements.

Pi Node allows users to install and run node software on the PC side (Image source:Pi Node | Pi Network）

Specifically, users can directly contribute hardware resources such as computing and storage, and be selected by the core team to become a node or supernode; In addition, after the firewall of the main network is lifted during the open network stage, Pi Node has gradually allowed more users to join and run their own main network nodes, providing users with a more efficient mining machine experience and expanding a wider user base.

The relationship between the PC and mobile terminals

The Pi Node software and mobile app together create a collaborative and complementary user system. According to Pi Network’s official strategy, each user can only have one Pi account, ensuring the fairness and security of the network structure. Users can log in to the Pi Node software using their mobile Pi account, so the desktop and mobile ends actually point to the same account system, achieving integrated management of data and identity.

It is worth noting that the mobile end is still the only entry point for mining, and users’ mining behavior needs to be initiated through the mobile application. However, through the Pi Node desktop App interface, users can perform operations such as checking account balance, participating in Pi community chat, and accessing main screen media content, supplementing the access and interaction needs of the ecosystem on desktop devices.

In addition, whether the account participates in node operation will not impose any restrictions on the use of functions in the mobile app. This design reflects the product concept of Pi Network, which emphasizes both user-centered experience and decentralized technological architecture, and also lays the foundation for more scenarios of end-to-end collaboration in the future.

Conclusion

The launch of the Pi Node significantly enhances the ability of ordinary users to participate in the construction of network infrastructure, also marking the gradual departure of the Pi Network from the closed network phase towards a truly open mainnet era. Its overall product architecture is taking a design path of mobile and PC dual-track collaboration, creating a more accessible and participatory decentralized system. Looking ahead, the widespread application and sustainable development of Pi Network will largely depend on its underlying technological capabilities, community stickiness, and ecosystem expansion. For new users who are first exposed to the project, understanding and mastering the multi-terminal collaboration mechanism of the Pi Network is key to effectively participating in network construction and grasping its potential value.