QuintLeo is right, I am aware of both Distributed.net and Prime95, they launched well before SETI@home.
But today, miners and potential investors aren't interested in such details - you can't present the whole history of distributed computing in only one paragraph and even if you did, most people would find it boring. The point is: Gridcoin can change the world, unlike any other crypto. Of course, there's also Curecoin and Folding@home, I support them both, I would upvote their content, but their presence on Steemit is unfortunately very weak.
Topic: Gridcoin (GRC) - first coin utilizing BOINC - Official Thread - page 45. (Read 597505 times)
While crypto is booming, scientists across the world lack the computing power to find a cure for diseases which can affect us all: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@vortac/while-crypto-is-booming-scientists-across-the-world-lack-the-computing-power-to-find-a-cure-for-diseases-which-can-affect-us-all
Vortac does get one thing wrong in that article.
The GIMPS project (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) of Prime95 fame predates SETI by about 2 years - founded in 1996 vs. SETI in 1998.
The Distributed.net project predates SETI@Home as well (founded in early 1997), and was a replacement for an earlier project dating to 1996.
SETI was NOT the first "use volunteers to do computation on their "spare" CPU cycles" project, nor is it the longest-lasting - both GIMPS and D.Net are still active (reference the Moo Wrapper and YOYO projects for GRC links to D.Net).
SETI@Home did better "marketing" though and got a lot more widely known than any other distributed-type project - it MIGHT still be the most widely known such project, though I suspect Folding@Home may have passed it.
Vortac's article applies better in some respects to Folding@Home and CURE/FLDC than it does to GRC, as a lot of GRC-supported work isn't involved in finding cures (Vortac himself, for example, is a major contributor to the Milkyway project, while I personally am a major Moo Wrapper contributor).
While crypto is booming, scientists across the world lack the computing power to find a cure for diseases which can affect us all: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@vortac/while-crypto-is-booming-scientists-across-the-world-lack-the-computing-power-to-find-a-cure-for-diseases-which-can-affect-us-all
Daily routine with quick &simple tasks for promoting gridcoin: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@trumpman/my-daily-routine-for-promoting-gridcoin-please-make-suggestions
Gridcoin is probably one of the best coins going forward, I support it, etc.
But calculating group efforts to promote a coin in spammy ways is not the best way.
Gridcoin stands on its own, it could use more public awareness, but since it stands on its own it should not need "organized Spam" to promote it.
Most of the things in that blog post are good things to do, but once you tell people to do them they are no longer good things.
Daily routine with quick &simple tasks for promoting gridcoin: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@trumpman/my-daily-routine-for-promoting-gridcoin-please-make-suggestions
Could you give any links or data to support this statement?
pretty big GRC pump on poli atm, lets just hope people read up on the coin when they buy into it, then they will see its true potential. These pumps area great for promoting gridcoin. I of course will hodl!
I am doing the same. The last pump a few weeks ago was actually very interesting. Despite being 100 % artificial, the price resisted and didn't dump because most people hold ed their coins. This shows that the community is first for science and then for profit. I am sure this coin will be in the top-5 in 2-3 years now that it has finally started to get noticed.
pretty big GRC pump on poli atm, lets just hope people read up on the coin when they buy into it, then they will see its true potential. These pumps area great for promoting gridcoin. I of course will hodl!
New version up https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@erkan/new-release-gridcoin-version-3-5-9-0
And we got a nice price boost today. 😁
And we got a nice price boost today. 😁
... there is a reason why its not delisted.
The first two cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Namecoin are safe because they innovated.
The third currency, Litecoin, is safe because it innovated a little and brought another half of the planet into crypto, including people who had earlier cryptos that got squashed by governments.
The next group of significant innovations, Gridcoin, Huntercoin etc are safe because they are substantial improvements that are growing, they have not had their boom yet.
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Team Gridcoin exists of course! Stronger than ever actually, #1 position on all BOINC leaderboards:
http://formula-boinc.org
And quite a few individual leaders, or very high placings, on the various projects.
Speaking of which, has anyone seen a list of projects that is sorted by FP64/FP32/Integer GPU usage?
I know Milkyway is FP64, and Moo Wrapper is integer, but no clue on the other ones and that info seems to be a bit of a pain to find for more than one project at a time.
You cock suckers should believe. Poloniex has faith on this shit there is a reason why its not delisted.
grc on the rise today 
I feel it's gonna hit an all time high time anytime soon
I feel it's gonna hit an all time high time anytime soon
A new metric for the science community.
If you compare the google search terms Gridcoin , BOINC and Trump Idiot clearly Gridcoin has been the least searched
But if you narrow it down to just the last few weeks, a new pattern emerges
If you compare the google search terms Gridcoin , BOINC and Trump Idiot clearly Gridcoin has been the least searched
But if you narrow it down to just the last few weeks, a new pattern emerges
Some useful tips and hints for Gridcoin miners:
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@vortac/gridcoin-gpu-mining-8-to-the-edge-and-beyond
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@vortac/gridcoin-gpu-mining-8-to-the-edge-and-beyond
Yes, Golem has pumped a lot but there is no moment in GRC coin. This year GRC price has changed from 500 to 3600 stats but still, it cannot able to secure good marketing strategy in the market because we need to focus on large marketing skills in order to make GRC reputable.
That's the hard truth, yes. But it's almost impossible to find a marketing professional who is willing to volunteer and we can't seem to make up our minds about finding and hiring one (although there's 30 million GRC in the Foundation, stored away for such purposes). So Gridcoin is still the 'raw deal' - no hype, no extravagant projections, no flashy animations. Golem is a good short term profit coin and has aggressive marketing.
Gridcoin has zero marketing, aside from people who support nonprofit science.
Not really much question long term who wins.
Boinc & Gridcoin on Google Trends. The spike in the 3rd week of March last year was a very brief event. If coins continue expanding in Asia then this trend should be clearer soon.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-01-01%202017-05-31&q=gridcoin,boinc
Regarding Golem, current market cap $368,000,000 vs Gridcoin, current market cap $13,000,000
Yes, Golem has pumped a lot but there is no moment in GRC coin. This year GRC price has changed from 500 to 3600 stats but still, it cannot able to secure good marketing strategy in the market because we need to focus on large marketing skills in order to make GRC reputable.
That's the hard truth, yes. But it's almost impossible to find a marketing professional who is willing to volunteer and we can't seem to make up our minds about finding and hiring one (although there's 30 million GRC in the Foundation, stored away for such purposes). So Gridcoin is still the 'raw deal' - no hype, no extravagant projections, no flashy animations.
Why Gridcoin is worth holding on to / Why it’s not too late to invest yet: https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@ponimayu/why-gridcoin-is-worth-holding-on-to-why-it-s-not-too-late-to-invest-yet
I have 35 GRC and I am staking it for many days but I have yet to receive any interest at all. What is wrong? How many GRC do I nid to have before I can get some interest? Pls help.
You are joking right? Interest is 1.5 % per year in case you don't know
One out of two coins in green @poloniex, i like this trend!
Golem pumped yesteday, some of the hype occasionally spills over to Gridcoin, largely thanks to Nate (https://www.reddit.com/user/NateOnTheNet) who is relentlessly promoting Gridcoin on Poloniex, Reddit and on his own website.Yes, Golem has pumped a lot but there is no moment in GRC coin. This year GRC price has changed from 500 to 3600 stats but still, it cannot able to secure good marketing strategy in the market because we need to focus on large marketing skills in order to make GRC reputable.
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