Gridcoin Community Hangout #037

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 is a cryptocurrency which securely rewards BOINC computation on top of proof of stake.

What's BOINC? BOINC is an open-source volunteer distributed computing platform which utilizes the spare computer resources on 500k+ computers to attempt to cure diseases, map the milkyway, search for extraterrestrial life, and any other kind of distributable computation.

Anyone who needs a serious amount of distributed computing power (100k+ CPUs) almost entirely for free can create a BOINC project to create a distributed cloud service of their own desire (fairly easily) whilst the Gridcoin network potentially rewards your project's volunteers on your behalf.

Where can I listen to past hangouts?

Past episode details

036 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.

Want to raise a controversial topic? You have to talk aloud otherwise the topic will be possibly skipped.

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.

The hangout moderators (OPs, CM & Peppernrino) retain the right to skip topics which have been flagged or controversial topics without a speaker behind them.

Proposed time for Gridcoin Hangout #037:

9PM BST 19th Aug 2017.

Compare 9PM BST to your time zone!.

How to join the Gridcoin hangout

Step 1: Download Mumble - Desktop Client, Android Client, iOS Client

Step 2:

Step 3: Configure Mumble & join the server!

Label: BeyondBitcoin - Gridcoin
Address: mumble.beyondbitcoinshow.com OR mumble.grcnode.co.uk OR mumble.beyondboinc.net
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.