Setting up a Qubitcoin wallet

Where should you get a Qubitcoin wallet?

Create your Qubitcoin wallet only with software from the Qubitcoin project's own source. The project publishes its node and tools on GitHub (github.com/super-quantum).

Its node, qubitcoind, comes with a command-line tool, qubitcoin-cli. With the node running, two commands give you an address:

• Run qubitcoin-cli createwallet followed by a name to create a wallet.
• Run qubitcoin-cli getnewaddress to get an address to mine to.

What does a valid Qubitcoin address look like?

Qubitcoin uses Bitcoin's address formats:

• Bech32 addresses start with bc1q.
• Taproot addresses start with bc1p.
• Legacy addresses start with 1 or 3.

Copy and paste the address rather than typing it. The pool checks the address and its checksum at login. So a mistyped address is rejected with a clear error instead of silently mining to the wrong place.

Can you mine to a Bitcoin address?

No. Because the formats are the same, a Bitcoin address also looks like a valid Qubitcoin address, and the pool accepts it. But only mine to an address whose wallet you control on the Qubitcoin network.

Coins sent to an exchange's Bitcoin deposit address are not credited to you. Neither are coins sent to a wallet that only knows Bitcoin.

How does the pool pay you?

Payouts are non-custodial: the pool never holds an account for you. They go straight to your own address, automatically every hour, once your confirmed balance reaches the minimum payout.

Every payout is listed on the public Payments page with its transaction hash.

How do you keep the wallet safe?

Whoever holds the wallet's keys holds the coins. Protect them like this:

• Keep a backup of the wallet. qubitcoin-cli backupwallet writes one to a file.
• Store the backup offline.
• Never share it, and never paste it into a website or a chat.

The pool only ever needs your public address, nothing more.