The Fireside Chat 20 - The Gridcoin Superblock
The Link
The Fireside Chat 20 - The Gridcoin Superblock
Links From the News
GUI Development Thread
SotN August 6th
@Ravonn's Optimization Post
@CM-Steem's BOINC Workshop Post
Arikado Pool Update
Jim's Post on UTXO Optimization
Summary
This week we dive into the Gridcoin superblock:
The Gridcoin superblock is a unique tool that aggregates and stores data pertaining to participant computation contributions. It is the decentralized version of what might otherwise require centralized management. It replaces the middleman Gridcoin helps push to the side. How does it work? How can it be improved? What else can it do?
Time | Topic |
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0:00 - 18:00 | News |
18:00 - 30:00 | What is a superblock - conceptual |
30:00 - 39:00 | Superblock Scalability |
39:00 - 42:00 | Quorum Selection Dynamic Witness Participation Reading |
42:00 - 50:45 | General Questions |
50:45 - END | How do superblocks work? - Deep dive |
Next Episode
Join us for the next episode on Thursday, August 16th, at 8:00pm EST, midnight UTC, on the Gridcoin discord.
Topic: Why, What, and How We Crunch
Bring your crunching rig specs, your favorite projects, and the reasons why you crunch BOINC and let's share!
See you soon!
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What is Gridcoin?
Gridcoin is an open-source blockchain that mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery. Currently, the Gridcoin blockchain is secured through a proof-of-stake protocol and monitors processing contributions to the distributed computing infrastructure, BOINC. BOINC, the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and data from the Large Hadron Collider, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists.
Want to Learn More?
Website: https://gridcoin.us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GridcoinNetwork
Discord: https://discord.me/page/gridcoin
Steemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoin
White Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf
-- Github --
Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin/Gridcoin-Research
Community: https://github.com/gridcoin-community
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