First Scientific CryptoCoin - THE GRIDCOIN

[Svettod]

yes that is me i am trying to spread the word.

 

[Svettod]

I suppose some things may be changed along the way, this thing just started so I am sure there is plenty of room for improvement, but the most important thing is for this coin to get acceptance from everyone. Imagine how much power is on Bitcoin and Litecoin. Imagine if even a portion of that is used for this coin. How much more computing power will be available to researchers at these universities. We can have major scientific breakthroughs in a short time. Every single person on the planet can benefit.

Also, I find it hard to take seriously when they are using a weebly site: thegridcoinmatrix.weebly.com/

Your OP is here too: https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4995&p=67044

 

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

I suppose some things may be changed along the way, but the most important thing is for this coin to get acceptance from everyone. Imagine how much power is on Bitcoin and Litecoin. Imagine if even a portion of that is used for this coin. How much more computing power will be available to researchers at these universities. We can have major scientific breakthroughs in a short time. Every single person on the planet can benefit.

Well, Good Luck with it.
Like I said it sounds like a good idea adding BOINC but I always question peoples motives when they want to do good for others/society/mankind, maybe I am just an arsehole.
I don't think this is the first coin to implement the idea.
Here a few links that might interest you:
http://www.bitcoinutopia.com/
http://www.bitcoinutopia.com/index_boinc.php
http://donateathome.org/
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8596
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primecoin

 

[Patel]

Hmm looks interesting, reading the thread on bitcointalk

 

[yankee04]

Sounds interesting. Perhaps this is the future.

 

[cebrux]

Anyone else taken a shot at this? I have run into a plethora of troubles getting the actual gridcoin mining to work, the rest works fine of course (BOINC, the GRC wallet). I cannot for the life of me get the guiminer scrypt to function with cgminer....

 

[SkyrocketSEO]

I have run into a plethora of troubles getting the actual gridcoin mining to work,

Did you restart your PC after installment?

 

[Svettod]

what kind of problems are you getting?

Anyone else taken a shot at this? I have run into a plethora of troubles getting the actual gridcoin mining to work, the rest works fine of course (BOINC, the GRC wallet). I cannot for the life of me get the guiminer scrypt to function with cgminer....

 

[Cogitasoft]

Well, Good Luck with it.
Like I said it sounds like a good idea adding BOINC but I always question peoples motives when they want to do good for others/society/mankind, maybe I am just an arsehole.
I don't think this is the first coin to implement the idea.
Here a few links that might interest you:
http://www.bitcoinutopia.com/
http://www.bitcoinutopia.com/index_boinc.php
http://donateathome.org/
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8596
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primecoin

If op is interested, here's a fairly large list: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrencies

 

[cebrux]

what kind of problems are you getting?

I'm running the GUIminer scrypt, and I keep getting the error:

2013-11-04 14:28:33: Listener for "CGminer": [2013-11-04 14:28:33] cgminer.exe: -w: Invalid value passed to set_worksize

Here I sit thinking I'm tech savvy :| Never before have I felt this stupid in front of my own PC.

Are you currently mining? Any clue to my problem?

 

[cebrux]

Did you restart your PC after installment?

Yeah I did restart, several times now. I'm sure I'm just missing something. What's the purpose of all the AMD SDK/Drivers if my GPU is NVidia?

EDIT: I don't want to derail the thread and turn it into a troubleshoot session! I registered on https://cryptocointalk.com/forum/464-gridcoin-grc/ so I can solve my issues there. Thanks guys!

 

[Svettod]

i set my worksize to 256.

I'm running the GUIminer scrypt, and I keep getting the error:



Here I sit thinking I'm tech savvy :| Never before have I felt this stupid in front of my own PC.

Are you currently mining? Any clue to my problem?

 

[Svettod]

Those are just alternative currencies, gridcoin is the first one to combine the incentive to mine with boinc not to mention the technical aspects of the gridcoin blockchain itself and the block reward.

 

[Svettod]

I posted a link to a petition to get Gridcoin accepted on one of the cryptocoin exchanges. You can sign it here. You just have to leave a comment. No forms or anything like that.
http://cryptsy.freshdesk.com/support/discussions/topics/35939

 

[cebrux]

I posted a link to a petition to get Gridcoin accepted on one of the cryptocoin exchanges. You can sign it here. You just have to leave a comment. No forms or anything like that.
http://cryptsy.freshdesk.com/support/discussions/topics/35939

Signed, can't wait to see this get bigger.

 

[SkyrocketSEO]

Svettod you have a message

 

[Svettod]

Now we just need more like you. Yeah I am really hoping this takes off.

Signed, can't wait to see this get bigger.

 

[SkyrocketSEO]

Someone needs to make step by step instructions with screenshots....

 

[jaron002]

so this is just like folding@home? i left that running on ps3 for like weeks at a time

 

[crazedspyker]

For those struggling to set it up, just follow this guide: http://www.gridcoinnetwork.org/setup.html

It's fairly straightforward. I've never done anything like this before, but I just followed step by step and everything is running smoothly.