GRIDCOIN - STATE of the NETWORK
Report #50 - October 19th, 2020
Welcome to another Gridcoin State of the Network! The SotN is usually published on the 3rd Monday of every month. For more information on the happenings within the Gridcoin network be sure to check out the other reports put together by the community!
News
Gridcoin 5.0 -- Fern!
It's our 50th report and... Fern has been released!
Fern is the removal of the BOINC team requirement. All BOINC crunchers can now earn GRC regardless of what team they are on.
Fern is also the most massive update in Gridcoin's history. It is essentially a complete overhaul of the Gridcoin code-base.
It is highly recommended you read Jim's release notes (linked below). There have also been two leisure releases since the Fern release.
Find the latest version of Gridcoin on the GitHub repo or at https://gridcoin.us
Now is probably the best time to get involved if you would like to help build the digital future and/or the decentralized system of science via Gridcoin.
GitHub - Fern Release Notes
Reddit - Fern Release Post
Fern Simple Instructions and Some Thoughts
Fern Instructions and FAQ
Leisure Update #1
Leisure Update #2
Welcome!
We would like to welcome all new crunchers to the Gridcoin network!
We hope you find what we are building interesting enough to stick around, ask some questions, give some feedback, and maybe even pitch in when you can.
Feel free to join the Gridcoin Discord or Slack servers.
Discord is more community oriented while Slack is more for development.
Live Community Discussions
The Gridcoin Fireside
Since the last SotN, Season 2 of The Gridcoin Fireside has had four episodes working to define Gridcoin, highlight development priorities, and discussing possible coming developments.
You get to decide what’s in store for the rest of the season. All you have to do is join the Gridcoin Discord server every Friday at 3:30pm ET and participate in the discussion!
You can listen to all episodes at the website
https://gridcoin.science
Or on LBRY, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
BOINC Radio
On this podcast, @jringo and @Delta1512 discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community & network, and SCIENCE with the live “studio” audience. To join the discussion, connect to the BOINCNetwork Discord server every Friday at 5pm EST and say hello.
You can listen to all episodes at the website
https://boinc.network
Or on LBRY, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
Project brief
On this podcast, @Delta1512 introduces specific BOINC projects joined by his trusty side-kick, @jringo. To join the discussion, ask questions, or just listen live, connect to the BOINCNetwork Discord server every other Friday at 5pm EST and say hello.
There have been several episodes of the Project brief since the last SotN.
You can listen to all episodes at the website
https://boinc.network
Or on LBRY, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
Hot Discussion Threads
Joining the Gridcoin Crunchers Looking for Help
Mobile Wallet
Have like 2bn BOINC credits wut do
When do I receive GRC for Completed Tasks
Safe Exchange to Buy GRC
Can't get BOINC CPID and wallet to match
STATISTICS UPDATE
Every month we bring you the most up to date statistics regarding the operation of the Gridcoin blockchain and Gridcoin BOINC projects. The information is gathered from Sunday to Saturday on a fortnightly basis and compiled from the getblockstats RPC command in the Gridcoin wallet, Gridcoin Oracle, BOINCStats, GRCPool, Gridcoin Stats, and from individual project websites.
BLOCKCHAIN STATISTICS
Blockchain statistics from 1 September to 30 September
The table below contains the blockchain statistics and covers blocks 2,023,262 to 2,049,715.
Blockchain charts
The charts below contain the longer term blockchain trends.
BOINC STATISTICS
Team and pool statistics from 1 September to 30 September
The table below contains BOINC team and pool statistics for the month.
Team and pool charts
The team and pool charts contain the longer term team and pool trends.
This concludes the 50th Gridcoin State of the Network Report. We’ll see you in a month. Happy crunching!