Hi!

I just recently discovered WCG, and how you can use ur computational power to generate $GRC. The idea of helping others by lending out my pc motivates me, but i also have bills to pay haha. I couldnt find much information on this, and i'd like to know what to expect in terms of rewards. Is it profitable i 2025 with an average computer to make money with WCG/GRC? What are ur opinions?

I had my pc running all night, completing projects, but when i go to the website and click in my acc, it tells me i've generated 0 points and spent 0 min on projects. Im not sure if its actually counting anything or just consuming energy, haha.

if its profitable, im interested in knowing how much $GRC can be generated and how to sell it to buy, maybe, $XRP or $BTC. bc im having troubles finding the value of 1 GRC on any exchange.

thanks a lot, greetings from uy.

I think WCG was removed from the whitelist due to their extensive downtime over the holiday season (my assumption, since the timing lined up). WCG is now back online and has been serving work, at least for MCM, for at around a week. Anyone know what can be done to get it whitelisted again?

Hello everyone,

Many of you may have already spoken with me on discord or Reddit before. As my old reddit account was deleted years ago, I thought a new account deserved a new introduction. You may also have seen my first post with this account was for a Gridcoin Poll; Should the community consider renaming the Halförd?

The secondary motive of that poll was to show that, while this account is new, I am not new to Gridcoin. My first GRC transaction was back in 2019 and I’ve been lurking around well before that.

That Poll is also not the first time I’ve discussed changes and improvements with the community. Below you’ll find an example of where I “Abused Rain Messages” and asked what would happen if someone publicly Doxed someone “867-5309” style with Rain?

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Before finding Gridcoin, I had a strong belief that all “Crypto Currency” was a scam; The largest, and most profitable, ponzi scheme the world had ever seen. In 2018 I went on a long journey to figure out “how the con” worked to better inform my users.

[Redacted, long winded, irrelevant, rant. Summary: I was tired of friends, family, and peers losing money in crypto scams.]

Gridcoin, and this community, 100% changed my outlook. I am grateful to the many members who took time over the years to painstakingly get ideas across that I had a strong bias against, and my “smooth brain” struggled to comprehend; Even with a CISSP and several other technical certifications. People’s eyes often glaze over when I start talking about my hobbies, passions, job… Yet I am regularly humbled by the amount of knowledge y’all have at your disposal, and your willingness to freely share that knowledge with others.

So, here I am, on reddit, again, to join the conversation and take on “a more active form of participation.” Per https://gridcoin.us/wiki/voting.html the two most relevant places to voice questions, comments, and concerns are Github and Reddit. For the most part I’ve been happy to just Vote, Stake, and check in on discord.

Recently some ideas have come across that… I find compelled to speak in a manner that could hold some weight, even if I’m not the most qualified representative of those ideas. Hopefully Gridcoin continues to be a project (A dream?) worth supporting but time will tell.

With that, I look forward to our future interactions. I’ll do my best to “Assume the Best Intentions” in our discourse, even if we disagree, but I do tend to “speak from the heart” while Logic and Reason scream in the background.

Will minecraft@home be whitelisted now that they are creating work units again?

Recently a community member brought up a valid question; Should the community change the name of 0.00000001 GRC?

https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/1h2wwvc/community_poll_name_of_a_000000001_grc/

But the poll specifically asked the question about changing the name to “Jim” who the project’s current lead developer is. I’d like to submit this question again, but this time simply ask if we should rename the Halförd?

While Judas Priest is a an Iconic, and Legendary, heavy metal band, Gridcoin is not associated with Judas Priest, Rob Halförd, or music. The community took that name because the founder chose to call themselves “Rob Halförd” just like Bitcoin chose the Satoshi after Satoshi Nakamoto.

Gridcoin shouldn’t forget it’s roots, but just like the project moved from Proof-of-Work to Proof-Of-Stake as a way to further its goals, it might be time we grow beyond “the Halförd” to a name better suited for our future growth.

Some ideas to get a conversation started would be:

Cells

Points

Zones (z’s?)
Markers

Before getting to far into the weeds, lets answer the simple question “Should the Gridcoin community consider renaming the Halförd?"

The Poll was created under “Outreach” as a Rose by any other name may still smell as sweet, but branding hundreds of fish species “Tilapia” does make them more palatable for people to eat. In that way, renaming the Halförd could be a minor change that makes GRC more palatable for new users.

Hello guys,

this is my first time trying gridcoin and I am configuring it now.

I am in solo mode but the wallet says that my balance is too low for using boinc.

RzLidP1oKmh4F1vShpd4aVEx5z62vkHGpd is my address

How it works?

Hi, I just installed the gridcoin wallet but it says I need some gridcoin to send a beacon. Does anyone know how to get some?

Hi, Today i was able to deposit some GRC on safetrade. Is there something else i have to know? Wish me luck!🥳

For a while now the Gridcoin faucet had been working quite well.

Now, however, it's complaining that I'm using an adblocker.

I have no adblocker loaded on the browser I'm using to access the Gridcoin faucet.

In fact, the Browser I'm using to access the Gridcoin faucet is only used for that task.

There is no adblocker.

So the test for the adblocker must be incorrectly coded.

I cannot disable something that is not even installed.

https://preview.redd.it/8k4tg6j403ae1.png?width=595&format=png&auto=webp&s=a64b4276d302980f83f68edca14550f1037fa471

Edit:

It seems to do this on every Browser I try, even ones I don't normally use and again, ones that don't have adblockers.

Original proposal & discussion:

[2 Poll Proposal] Revitalizing Gridcoin: Enhancing participation by rebalancing rewards and vote weight

https://github.com/gridcoin-community/gridcoin-tasks/issues/268

https://hive.blog/gridcoin/@nftea.gallery/3-poll-proposal-revitalizing-gridcoin-enhancing-participation-by-rebalancing-rewards-and-vote-weight

Poll #1:

Title: Proposed rebalancing of the reward and vote weight calculations

Question: Do you approve of the proposed changes to the reward and vote weight calculations?

Link: https://www.gridcoinstats.eu/poll/0bb84592748e2806328d87062054ce9b495392af00c8efa83763f666982b498a

Poll #2:

Title: Determining Consensus On Future Staking And Magnitude Rewards

Question: How much should we increase both staking and magnitude rewards by?

Link: https://www.gridcoinstats.eu/poll/93b4f8dacf36e5b50ab0763445a728611bd2b9d606b9b0ad708a469cad4b21ce

Thanks for the feedback and advice given in the last couple months, the proposal has been adjusted to accomodate multiple contributors thoughts/opinions.

Please go vote in the Gridcoin Research client, you've got 42 days to do so!

Long live gridcoin!

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NOTE: I accidentally deleted the original post - here's the old thread, sorry! https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/1hezk9q/2_new_polls_have_been_created_regarding_proposed/

As headline suggested - didn’t see anything mentioned in the guides so I’d appreciate any help!

I’ve seen password seed phrases in other crypto wallets but I didn’t see that for this one. How does that work? Thanks!

Hi all! I’m new to gridcoin and set up a beacon about 1 day 14 hours ago. The status is now waiting for magnitude, is that normal or is something potential off? The guides I read said that between 24-48 hours it should change from the initial setup confirmation page to one that has a green check mark, but I didn’t see anything about a magnitude status. Thanks!

Can our network store information? If so, can it store some information such as points of the Boinc project? In this way, the network seems to become useful. Perhaps some project parties will store some information on the chain to prevent loss.

Hi, Wanted to install an updated client, 5.4.8.0. Setup says it found an old version, i click on yes. Nothing happens. Restarted my PC Win10 a few times, uninstalled all previous versions of the Wallet. Still not able to install the new wallet. Any Tips please?

I looked through the voting guide and couldn't find much info on Abstaining on voting, and how it works in our voting system. I'm not really clear on how Abstention works procedurally. I know Abstaining can sometimes be counted as a No vote in the case that the Abstaining votes would tip the balance, since Abstaining is a form of disagreement, just not to the level of outright opposition. Procedurally, some systems only count them in the form of total votes counted, if a certain percentage of the vote is needed to either pass or fail, if either yes or no doesn't meet the threshold percentage of vote it goes back to general vote until a consensus is reached. I was just was wanting to get a good understanding of what our system looks like. I appreciate the info in advance.

Simple and easy: A 0.00000001 GRC used to be called a "Halford". Should we rename it a "Jim"?

No further explanation needed.

edit: apparently some insight is needed based on a recent comment: Jim is the name of our main developer that has helped reshape the codebase into what it is today.

Poll ID: 7b2f53a91c9f1a4355e1cdb5425c7a8d2da0cca537b947bce9f09ff465b6a554

Can anyone sell it to me, I don't even know how much I need and I don't want to join pool because I have been donating for many years and want to continue on this account.

I have FIRO on my hot wallet that I can send in exchange for the same value.

https://ai.google/advancing-ai/research/

I'm new to gridcoin, I have a question, how can I withdraw gridcoins from gridcoin wallet to another wallet, so that I can withdraw them to my bank account?

I just got gridcoin a few minutes ago and I am having trouble linking the project Milkyway@home to my account. can anyone help me because there wasnt a tutorial for it.

I picked solo, then put in my email i used for the project and then it gives me the error invalid team and says my slected cpid is investor. I'm just confused and would appreciate any help

hi all,

i am Michael, Team Gridcoin from first. I am pretty sad about the standing of Gridcoin that days, because i still think "it is the best way to invest energy for mining coins".

However, what about change Coinsign back to very first?

i loved it.

https://preview.redd.it/s0yz0lb8sh1e1.jpg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fab59d8cff5de7f007d455a49d86628fe264aaf

Hey all, I've noticed that my magnitude has been at a constant 14 for weeks now. I find this odd as I don't crunch consistently: I only do 3-5 hrs/day of crunching during workdays and ~24 hrs/day on weekends.

I also have recent average credit for projects like folding@home and sidock@home which I have not crunched for at all in the last 2-3 weeks

https://preview.redd.it/oikiq4b4od1e1.png?width=1460&format=png&auto=webp&s=451cc870151494c0e816ba6d1d0381f18cf32b9a

Wondering if there's an issue with the scraper.