BlogHide Resteemsxaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoAC Infinity Cloudline T6 - My Solution to the "Hot Miner Basement Blues"I've been running two mining rigs in my basement for a few months now, with a total of eight high-end graphics cards (4x GTX 1080Ti, 3x GTX 1080, 1x GTX 1070). Back in July and August, it didn't…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoWhy Gridcoin Should Embrace SPARC "Competition"If you've been hanging around the Gridcoin SubReddit page recently, you probably noticed a very intriguing post titled: "Start Collecting Ethereum Tokens for BOINC Work" The original poster is…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoFormalizing a "Poll Etiquette" Document for Gridcoin Blockchain PollsI have created two polls since I obtained my 100,000th Gridcoin a few weeks ago, and I've learned one fundamental truth about Gridcoin polls..... We need to create a "Poll Etiquette" document for…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoThe Great Debate: Lifting the Gridcoin Team RequirementIn preparation for the writing of this Steemit article, I created a poll on the Gridcoin blockchain that technically runs a few more days, although I feel I have enough data at this point with 94…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 7 years agoWhy I Vote "No" On Adding Projects to the Gridcoin Whitelist If they Do Not have Sufficient Work-UnitsA Reddit user was kind enough to do a bit of research on some of the projects that are currently proposed to be added to the Gridcoin whitelist. I'll link them here: Voting on Xansons Voting…resteemedjringo (63)in gridcoin • 7 years agoA response to xaqfield's post "Gridcoin Issue Breakdown: "Wealth" Disparity"I posted this as a comment on @xaqfields' post seen here . I figure I'd post it as its own thread to encourage more people to join the conversation: Without knowing the size of everyone's…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoGridcoin Issue Breakdown: "Wealth" DisparityIn my second installment of Gridcoin Issue Breakdown, I want to talk about the issue of "wealth" disparity. A major topic of conversation in Gridcoin recently deals with what we in the crypto…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 7 years agoHow I got my 100,000th Gridcoin Today Due to a Generous Fellow GridcoinerI was so pumped last night because I had about 99,850 Gridcoins and since I'm mining about 225/day I was sure to hit 100,000 today. I woke up this morning and we are having blockchain issues so…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 7 years agoGridCoin Issue Breakdown: Voting WeightRecently, user @Erkan posted a nice summation of many of the issues that are being discussed regarding GridCoin. There's a whole lot going on in that topic, so I thought I would kick off a series…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 7 years agoAdvertising GridCoin in the Post Team Requirement WorldI listened in on the GridCoin hangout this afternoon over on the Mumble channel. This being my first time, I thought it would be better if I just listened to what the others had to say, and get a…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 7 years agoCryptoCurrency Market Cap does not Equal The Value of The Underlying "Business"I see this mistake made all too often when people are looking at a CryptoCurrency they want to invest in: they look at the market cap of the coin and they make a comment like "well, a distributed…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 7 years agoHow GridCoin Mining Profitability Compares to Other CryptoCurrencies (Nvidia GTX GPUs)Due to the fact that GridCoin mining involves about two dozen whitelisted projects that a miner can choose from, there currently doesn't exist an easy/nifty calculator to provide a potential miner…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 8 years agoGridCoin Team Total BOINC RAC Up 34% In Less than Two MonthsDon't you just hate it when you're crunching away on BOINC, maxing out your hardware and then the next SuperBlock hits and your magnitude DECREASES? I was so confused a couple weeks ago when I…xaqfields (51)in beyondbitcoin • 8 years agoGridCoin Idea: More Whitelist Project Data for New GridCoiniansThere's always a little part of me that wants to be selfish, and mine as many coins as I can before offering up any ideas that could cause GridCoin adoption to explode. Then I remember: that's not…xaqfields (51)in gridcoin • 8 years ago"I'm a BOINCer, not a Miner" How I Built Two GridCoin/BOINC Powerhouses(This is my first post on Steemit -- I'm happy to be a part of this great platform!) I'm not a nerd, okay? Well, let me be specific: I'm not a computer nerd. Not that there's anything wrong with…