After (double)clicking the staking wallet will start showing this screen during startup.

As soon as the wallet has fully started, you see the following screen. Before the wallet can be used, it needs to synchronize with the PUT-blockchain, which you can see by the “(out of sync)” alerts, the green progress bar (where you can see, how much of the chain has already been synced) and the rotating “refresh-arrows” in the right bottom corner. The sync will normally take about 24 hours. During this time, your computer and the wallet must not be turned off.

When the wallet is fully synced with blockchain, you will see a check-mark in the bottom right corner and the “(out of sync)” alerts as well as the progress bar have disappeared. Now the wallet is fully functional.

For the next step, please open the wallet configuration in the “Settings”->”Options” menu.

In the “Main” tab please check “Start PUTinCoin on system login”.

In the “Window” tab please check “Minimize to the tray instead of the taskbar” as well as “Minimize on close”. This takes care, that the wallet will keep running in the background even if you close it, so that the staking/minig of your PUTinCoins won’t get interrupted.

In the “Display” tab please check “Display addresses in transaction list”. This will take care, that you see all addresses of a transaction, which is a valuable info for tracking and checking.

The next step is VERY IMPORTANT for the security of your PUTinCoins! Please go to “Settings”->”Encrypt Wallet…” and you will be asked to set a password to protect your funds. Please be CAREFUL when setting the password. Choose a password you can remember or safe it in a “password safe”-app. IF YOU FORGET YOUR PASSWORD, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR PUTinCoins AGAIN!! After you set the password and clicked “Ok” you will be again asked if you want to encrypt the wallet. Confirm this and your wallet will be restarted. After restart, you will see a lock sign in the bottom right corner, which tells you, that the wallet is securely encrypted.

The last and most important step is to BACKUP YOUR WALLET! For doing this, please go to “File”->”Backup Wallet…” and after clicking choose the name “wallet.dat” (the .dat – Extension should be added automatically, so you just need to set the file name “wallet”). Save this “wallet.dat” file to a secure place like an USB-Stick and/or burn it on CD (we would recommend to store at least 3 copies of the “wallet.dat” file to different data media and keep them at different, secure locations.

After finishing all those steps you now can transfer PUTinCoins to your wallet. For doing this, please click on “Receive Coins” in the wallet bar menu. There you will find the address of your staking wallet, which you can copy by right-clicking on it and selecting “Copy Address”.

Now that you have securely set up your wallet and already received some PUTinCoins on it, you can start staking your coins. For doing this you need to go to “Settings”->”Unlock Wallet…” and take care, that “For staking only” has been checked (it should be checked automatically). Enter your password, click ok (the lock sign in the bottom right corner will turn open) and minimize your wallet. After 8 hours your PUTinCoins become “mature” and will start staking new coins.