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Running BOINC is in fact easier than running most (if not all) PoW miners. BOINC has been around for a long time, it has full GUI interface and runs on pretty much every hardware. Adding Gridcoin onto it is also not difficult, especially if you join a pool. If you run into trouble, we have Slack, IRC and Reddit where you can get support quickly. Or just post a new text here on Steemit, tag it Gridcoin and someone will get to it.