Gridcoin (GRC) - first coin utilizing BOINC - Official Thread

[zulzedd]

There is a Reddit petition to add Gridcoin to Coinedup.com exchange. Everyone please vote:

http://www.reddit.com/r/CoinedUp/comments/1uaoqf/please_add_grc/

thx, done!

so...right now there isn't an exchange with gridcoin?

Only this Google Doc Spreadsheet https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=371000 . Welcome

[lmue]

http://www.reddit.com/r/CoinedUp/comments/1uaoqf/please_add_grc/

yes, please all reply to the topics. GRC needs everybody.

[Gridcoin]

http://www.reddit.com/r/CoinedUp/comments/1uaoqf/please_add_grc/

yes, please all reply to the topics. GRC needs everybody.

Voted.

TribalBob: We'll keep working on ways to fix the heuristics issue; I'd rather not have the problem to begin with. 

Rob H.

[COINPRADER]

There is a Reddit petition to add Gridcoin to Coinedup.com exchange. Everyone please vote:

http://www.reddit.com/r/CoinedUp/comments/1uaoqf/please_add_grc/

Voted and up arrowed

[johnatx]

Hi, Grid:

If I understand correctly your new SQL based p2p crypto-exchange mechanism can be used as an effective Proof-of-Stock mechanism.
This may be even superior than Datacoin where they allow storing of some amount of data in the blockchain.
Can you shed some light on the differences?

John

[Gridcoin]

Just upgraded the web site to HTTPS:
https://www.gridcoin.us
 
Working on the issue where chrome showing a malicious download and I have found a path to resolution but its going to take a few days (at least):
* Site must be HTTPS (SSL) for the download - Done
* Sites owner's Org (gridcoin) must sign up for google webmaster tools - Done
* Site must find what virus ever existed and flagged in google database - Done (was cgminer.zip, extracted contains password cracker which as we know is really a miner)
* Site removes the malware (done... cgminer_base64 is not flagged as a virus, tested)
* Site must re-apply for evaluation from google (done)
 
Now we wait a couple of days to see if they clear the warning for gridcoin.msi
 
Best Regards,
Rob H.

[Gridcoin]

Hi, Grid:

If I understand correctly your new SQL based p2p crypto-exchange mechanism can be used as an effective Proof-of-Stock mechanism.
This may be even superior than Datacoin where they allow storing of some amount of data in the blockchain.
Can you shed some light on the differences?

John

I'd like to roll out SQL in phases:
* Client synchronization for standard data, blocks, tx, leaderboard - existing information that we can use for transaction auditing - all info can be harvested from the existing chain
* Full p2p distributed ledger: In the future, the ability to roll out data structures that are fully replicated and synchronized among our p2p network automatically.
* PoW (or PoS) based on the dissemination of the data itself.  Useful for CPU miners and for validating the integrity of the data (rejecting any injected data not approved by the network)

We have partially finished #1- you can query blocks and credit information from boinc.
#2 and #3 requires an expanded SQL spec; replicating the schema is fine, but Im working on the mechanism that secures the synchronized "official" ledger state.

From a high level, I think if we roll out a cryptographically strong formula that locks each row to a block key and block time and rowhash, and prunes old data, it would work.
The process itself of creating the rowhash may be the key to the PoW required for SQL replication; For example, if it takes time and effort for a client to generate the rowhash for new data, that is part of the PoW required to add info to the sql tables in order to be accepted by the network.

Yes, in theory, the SQL future features may not only be able to store useful data for the coin (such as the data you referring to) but we may even be able to set up pointers to
  web resources to store things like files that everyone can download - obviously to resources that have no point of failure and no central authority; etc; but Id like to focus on the SQL replication first.

Thanks,
Grid

[traderman]

Looks like we are up to 60 mhash and difficulty has definitely risen past few days.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/

[lmue]

Looks like we are up to 60 mhash and difficulty has definitely risen past few days.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/

yes, it hits 69M earlier today. Tomorrow it will break 70M.

[traderman]

Do you know something we don't?

Looks like we are up to 60 mhash and difficulty has definitely risen past few days.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/

yes, it hits 69M earlier today. Tomorrow it will break 70M.

[lmue]

Do you know something we don't?

Looks like we are up to 60 mhash and difficulty has definitely risen past few days.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/

yes, it hits 69M earlier today. Tomorrow it will break 70M.

what do you mean?

[zulzedd]

Just upgraded the web site to HTTPS:
https://www.gridcoin.us
 
Working on the issue where chrome showing a malicious download and I have found a path to resolution but its going to take a few days (at least):
* Site must be HTTPS (SSL) for the download - Done
* Sites owner's Org (gridcoin) must sign up for google webmaster tools - Done
* Site must find what virus ever existed and flagged in google database - Done (was cgminer.zip, extracted contains password cracker which as we know is really a miner)
* Site removes the malware (done... cgminer_base64 is not flagged as a virus, tested)
* Site must re-apply for evaluation from google (done)
 
Now we wait a couple of days to see if they clear the warning for gridcoin.msi
 
Best Regards,
Rob H.

Lovely news!

[lmue]

Just upgraded the web site to HTTPS:
https://www.gridcoin.us
 
Working on the issue where chrome showing a malicious download and I have found a path to resolution but its going to take a few days (at least):
* Site must be HTTPS (SSL) for the download - Done
* Sites owner's Org (gridcoin) must sign up for google webmaster tools - Done
* Site must find what virus ever existed and flagged in google database - Done (was cgminer.zip, extracted contains password cracker which as we know is really a miner)
* Site removes the malware (done... cgminer_base64 is not flagged as a virus, tested)
* Site must re-apply for evaluation from google (done)
 
Now we wait a couple of days to see if they clear the warning for gridcoin.msi
 
Best Regards,
Rob H.

Lovely news!

excellent. GRC increases slowly but steady.

[ok123]

Why my wallet is out of sync all the time？

I downloaded gridcoin.zip,and launch Gridcoin-qt.exe,then colsed it.I put the gridcoin.conf in the data directory (C:\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Gridcoin),and I reboot Gridcoin-qt.exe.But the wallet still haven't any change after two hours.

The bottom right prompt:
"No block source available...
0 active connection to Gridcoin network"

My gridcoin.conf:

rpcuser=*******
rpcpassword=********
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=9332
server=1
gen=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27:9778
addnode=66.187.94.194:9778
addnode=76.74.177.224:9778
addnode=84.125.196.167:9778
addnode=71.233.139.62:9778
addnode=72.92.48.105:97788


In addition, my other coin's wallet are all normal in sync.

[lmue]

Why my wallet is out of sync all the time？

I downloaded gridcoin.zip,and launch Gridcoin-qt.exe,then colsed it.I put the gridcoin.conf in the data directory (C:\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Gridcoin),and I reboot Gridcoin-qt.exe.But the wallet still haven't any change after two hours.

The bottom right prompt:
"No block source available...
0 active connection to Gridcoin network"

My gridcoin.conf:

rpcuser=*******
rpcpassword=********
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=9332
server=1
gen=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27:9778
addnode=66.187.94.194:9778
addnode=76.74.177.224:9778
addnode=84.125.196.167:9778
addnode=71.233.139.62:9778
addnode=72.92.48.105:97788


In addition, my other coin's wallet are all normal in sync.

1. try to rebuild the block chain from the clinet.
2. maybe the port is blocked by the firewall. I can not connect neither at the company.

[TribalBob]

Just upgraded the web site to HTTPS:
https://www.gridcoin.us
 
Working on the issue where chrome showing a malicious download and I have found a path to resolution but its going to take a few days (at least):
* Site must be HTTPS (SSL) for the download - Done
* Sites owner's Org (gridcoin) must sign up for google webmaster tools - Done
* Site must find what virus ever existed and flagged in google database - Done (was cgminer.zip, extracted contains password cracker which as we know is really a miner)
* Site removes the malware (done... cgminer_base64 is not flagged as a virus, tested)
* Site must re-apply for evaluation from google (done)
 
Now we wait a couple of days to see if they clear the warning for gridcoin.msi
 
Best Regards,
Rob H.

Nice, well done!

[TribalBob]

Why my wallet is out of sync all the time？

I downloaded gridcoin.zip,and launch Gridcoin-qt.exe,then colsed it.I put the gridcoin.conf in the data directory (C:\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Gridcoin),and I reboot Gridcoin-qt.exe.But the wallet still haven't any change after two hours.

The bottom right prompt:
"No block source available...
0 active connection to Gridcoin network"

My gridcoin.conf:

rpcuser=*******
rpcpassword=********
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=9332
server=1
gen=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27:9778
addnode=66.187.94.194:9778
addnode=76.74.177.224:9778
addnode=84.125.196.167:9778
addnode=71.233.139.62:9778
addnode=72.92.48.105:97788


In addition, my other coin's wallet are all normal in sync.

I sometimes encounter issues syncing some wallets if I run multiple coin clients at the same time. Have you tried running Gridcoin by itself to see if the issue persists...?

If you run Gridcoin by itself and the issue goes away then it i likely a port conflict with one of your other clients and you can add this line to your gridcoin.conf:

Code:

port=#####

Just be sure to replace "#####" with an actual number.

If Gridcoin works when you run it by itself but not when you run other clients even after a port change, then it likely means that the coin clients are competing for I/O and your cpu can't keep up.

If Gridcoin doesn't work even when you run it by itself, have changed and forwarded the listening port, then I really have no possible idea what could be wrong.

[ok123]

Yes,I run Gridcoin-qt by itself , no other clients.But it doesn't work.

I want to know:
If my gridcoin wallet is always out of sync,can I receive or send Grc?

[TribalBob]

Yes,I run Gridcoin-qt by itself , no other clients.But it doesn't work.

I want to know:
If my gridcoin wallet is always out of sync,can I receive or send Grc?

You can send and receive as long as the funds you are trying to send/receive haven't already been spent previously.

Sent funds will send immediately, however received funds will only be available once you are synced up to the block which contains the sent funds.

[TribalBob]

Yes,I run Gridcoin-qt by itself , no other clients.But it doesn't work.

Have you forwarded the listening port (32760) on your router? That is almost always a guaranteed fix for these situations.