Gridcoin Community Hangout #017 26th Nov 2016 @ 9PM GMT (RSVP & Suggest topics)
Gridcoin Community Hangout #017
A massive shout out to the BeyondBitcoin community & @officialfuzzy for providing the Gridcoin community a room in their mumble server for free.
Another massive thanks to @peppernrino for editing the hangout recordings! Follow him on Steem! :D
What is Gridcoin?
Gridcoin securely rewards BOINC computation on top of Proof of Stake. Reward allocation is distributed, not centralized unlike other distributed computing related cryptocurrencies.
Where can I listen to past hangouts?
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Past episode details
016 RSVP & Topic suggestion thread
Why are we holding these hangouts?
- A mumble conference call can provide significant advantages over communicating via forums and IRC.
- To create opportunities to inform the public of new Gridcoin, BOINC and related services & their development progress.
- To bridge relations between the cryptocurrency & BOINC communities.
How long will the hangout last?
If there are not many topics suggested then hangouts won't last longer than an hour, on the other hand if there are many topic suggested then the hangout may last 2-3 hours!
When the Gridcoin Community Hangouts start really picking up traction we can become more strict with allocated speaking time if need be (so you're not waiting hours to talk).
Want to suggest a topic to discuss?
Reply with your suggestions in this Steem post & order of discussion will be from highest to lowest voted suggestions.
Can we discuss anything?
It's advisable to stay generally on topic, attendees are distributed around the world so they may not (likely won't) share the same views regarding controversial topics not related to Gridcoin/BOINC/Cryptocurrency.
That said, this 'on topic' guideline fizzles away once official recording has ended & the hangout becomes a more relaxed environment.
Proposed time for Gridcoin Hangout #017:
9PM GMT 19th Nov 2016.
Compare 9PM GMT to your time zone!.
How to join the Gridcoin hangout
Step 1: Download Mumble. [Windows Client, Android Client]
Step 2:
Step 3: Configure Mumble & join the server!
Label: BeyondBitcoin - Gridcoin
Address: mumble.beyondbitcoinshow.com
Port: 64738
Username: Enter your username
Password: w0rldCh@NG3rsUN!t3
Step 4: Join the Gridcoin channel!
Step 5: Configure your audio wizard & setup Push-To-Talk. Join 10-15 mins before the hangout starts to test your audio configuration.
I hope you decide to attend the hangout - everyone is welcome to join, especially those who suggest topics of discussion in this thread.
Best regards,
CM.
Suchflex is shutting down???
Dear Suchflexers,
Ivan and John started Suchflex with the goal of bringing the benefits of distributed computing to everyone. Although we have been successful in getting interest from owners of consumer devices to contribute their computing resources, we have not made as much progress in building the demand-side of our distributed computing marketplace. With that in-mind, we have made a difficult decision to suspend our consumer-facing Suchflex service for the time being.
IMPORTANT:
All Suchflex users who have current earning on the Suchflex platfrom will be redeemed by this Friday - November 25th 5pm PST. Please make your preferred Redemption choice by that time. If you have not communicated a choice to us by that time, we will redeem through Coinbase to the email on record for your account.
FLEXCOIN:
Everyone who has made redemptions into FLEX, will be redeemed in USD +10% of their original redemption. (ie. If you have redeemed $100 into FLEX, you will be paid $110 USD). The payments will go to your communicated preferred method of receiving redemptions by this Friday - November 25th 5pm PST. If you have not communicated a redemption choice to us by that time, we will redeem through Coinbase to the email on record for your account.
Future:
If you would like to stay in touch with us and hear about our future developments - great! - there is nothing to do. We have your email on record and will shoot you a message in the future. If you would not like to receive future emails, please unsubscribe below.
Flex on,
Sad times, hopefully the SuchFlex guys are able to figure something out for themselves. They were great guests on the Gridcoin Community Hangouts in the past - their attendance was much appreciated.
The SuchFlex guys spoke about potentially making their own BOINC project in the future, perhaps we'll see another business venture from them soon enough? 1st commercial BOINC project?
Either way, best of luck to the SuchFlex guys! :)
You're welcome to come do some stuff for Gridcoin, John. :P
FifthGB from #Curecoin (CURE), whom i met in the #Foldingcoin #slack would like a chance to speak at today's hangout about how we can form a community of science-related coins to help each other accomplish common goals.
I think this is an amazing idea, and have already been chatting with him about future possibilities... many of the things we spoke about in previous chats could come to fruition. :D
Correction: FifthGB is from CureCoin: https://www.curecoin.net/
pardon. edited. :)
Throwback to the large price spike in science related cryptos:
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@cm-steem/gridcoin-community-hangout-006-rsvp-and-suggest-topics#@cm-steem/re-cm-steem-gridcoin-community-hangout-006-rsvp-and-suggest-topics-20160909t022645742z
see also hangout #18 with a long discussion with CureCoin https://www.curecoin.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4078
Coinpayments expense
$700 for initial integration
$700 in GRC with today's current rates of 1 GRC = $0.004495
700/0.004495=155728.58731924 GRC
$300 every 90 days if we do not maintain $5000/month transaction volume (we'll deal w/ this at a later date).
I say we get integrated and work on getting a gridcoin paywall added to the BOINC web server and maybe a fork of beyondbitcoin.io for gridcoin!
Please vote on this expense, I believe it'll be glitched out somewhat like the other expenses, but if you right click it and vote it'll count.
Gridresearchcorp link
Like/retweet/upvote to increase attendance:
https://twitter.com/customminer/status/800311853142441984
https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/5dxqpv/gridcoin_community_hangout_017_26th_nov_2016_9pm/
Thanks :)
Disclaimer: I am just a bot trying to be helpful.
Gridcoin leisure upgrade!
Gridcoin Research 3.5.8.3/MSI=41.8
Leisure Upgrade
Hangout expense poll
I submitted an expense to reimburse the last 15 Gridcoin community hangouts, but I've ran into a glitch which prevents showing the full details within the client.
The latest expense attempt was for #001-015, $1200 in GRC (approx: 266,312)
TL;DR: Created 5 different expenses to try get around the glitch, now we have to vote on one/all of them (lol).
https://github.com/gridcoin/Gridcoin-Research/issues/149
https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/50342-foundation-proposal-servicesgiveaway-raining-grc-onto-active-community-members-for-work-donesocial-media-presence/page-2
Exact expense description
BOINC challenges
theSkyNet Pogs
This challenge will end on the 25th Nov - Seti.USA is currently miles ahead of team Gridcoin, good on them! :)
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/challenge/team/chat/824
World Community Grid
This challenge starts like 30mins after the end of the above POGs challenge.
Let's get that #1 spot ;D
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/challenge/team/chat/825
Onwards : Suggest a challenge?
After the WCG challenge ends, we'll need to pick more projects - any suggestions?
Gridcoin got position #28 from 101 teams
in the:
Primegrid: 'Wallis is born Challenge' (Nov 18 - 23) http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2016_8/top_teams.html
BOINC Project Brainstorming thread:
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@cm-steem/brainstorming-new-boinc-projects
Any new ideas for BOINC projects this week? There are no stupid ideas!
Discussing whitelist polls
By the 26th, these 3 following polls will have come to a close & the projects will either be removed or will remain in the whitelist.
These projects were put up to a whitelist poll due to their inactivity.
More info: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@gunde/gridcoin-poll-for-removing-project-sat-mindmodeling-csg
Mindmodeling
http://www.gridresearchcorp.com/gridcoin/?votedetail&t=Poll_Detail&opt=2&pname=Remove_MindModeling_from_whitelist&q=Should_MindModeling_be_removed_from_the_whitelist?
CSG
http://www.gridresearchcorp.com/gridcoin/?votedetail&t=Poll_Detail&opt=2&pname=Remove_Citizen_Science_Grid_from_whitelist&q=Should_Citizen_Science_Grid_be_removed_from_the_whitelist?
SAT@Home
http://www.gridresearchcorp.com/gridcoin/?votedetail&t=Poll_Detail&opt=2&pname=Remove_SAT_from_whitelist&q=Should_SAT_be_removed_from_the_whitelist?
The projects were voted out of the whitelist.
They have been removed from the whitelist on the gridcoin.us website and the gridcoin wiki.
Still to be removed from the whitelist, I believe.
BeyondBitcoin.io
Link to this post on beyondbitcoin.io :
http://beyondbitcoin.io/?p=8095