CURE + FLDC Merge Folding Guide - August 2017

There are many guides out there with instructions but I think most of them are either too complicated or too long to read. Thus this is my short-version of merge-folding guide for CURECoins and Folding Coins

Disclaimer
I mainly follow this guide but want to make some updates.

Steps

1. Go to Folding@Home to get the client (https://folding.stanford.edu/start-folding/)

2. Get the CURECOIN Wallet at (https://curecoin.net/knowledge-base/resources/where-can-i-get-a-curecoin-wallet/)

3. Go to Counter Wallet (CW) to get a wallet (https://counterwallet.io/). Copy the address of your wallet (IMPORTANT). This is the wallet that you use to store your FLDC only, CURE will be stored in the wallet mention in (2) above

4. Create a user at CryptoBullion Pool. And add "ALL[your CW address]". For example: "Alex_ALL_xxxxxx" where "xxxxx" is your address from the CounterWallet in step 3 .(https://www.cryptobullionpools.com/index)

5. Go to http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/getpasskey.py. Fill in your username and wait for an email to get the passkey
   Open the client on your computer. Set your team number to 224497 (Team Curecoin). Put in your username and passkey ==>

Hardware requirements

1. One GPU needs one CPU thread to feed it. So for 6 GPU rig you need a CPU with 6 threads or else you are bottlenecking(e.g. a 4 core/8 thread CPU).

2. When using x1 risers you need to run Linux because Windows is bottlenecking pcie bandwidth.

All set to go!!!

Additional info for client settings (from one of the administrators)

I've switched to "client-type normal" ... and the reason is, "advanced" WU's have just come out of BETA. (It goes BETA, ADVANCED, FAH FULL (normal)). Advanced units can occasionally hiccup, and return a bad work unit or work for a long time on an unstable one. Although this is rare, you can lose PPD in the process with no extra points.
Since FAH depends on folders to do our part, it's still appreciated to sacrifice a few points for project stability by running ADVANCED (at least on some rigs) - and even more appreciated by joining the BETA team (as long as your equipment is stable - and you're willing to write a crash report every once in a while). BETA units can give you larger returns (you have to be signed up as a beta tester), at the expense of BAD WORK UNITS (and the need to document what you've observed). To become a beta tester for FAH, ask for an application plus an invite to the members only "Beta testing of Projects and FahCores" on foldingforum.org

Check the profit!

• Go to here to fill in the info (the merge-folding calculator, scroll down to see) https://curecoin.net/profit-calculator/

• For the current difficulty of CURE, you have to go to Crypto Bullion Pools again and copy the PPD stat (at the top).

• For FLDC, they release the month's distribution of X amount of coins only once per month, at the beginning of each month. Generally, you get FLDC by about the 8th of the month, sometimes as early as the 2nd day. They post meeting details and statistics about FLDC distributed HERE.

• As for checking the live ratio of PPD per FLDC, use this: http://foldingcoin.xyz/?token=FLDC&total=7500000&start=2017-06-01&end=2017-06-28 Change the dates (yyyy-mm-dd), starting from the first of the month to the current day in the month, and look at the "Total New Credits" number - that's the total PPD of everyone that's eligible for FLDC.

• For PPD, you can do a simple estimation base on your CPU and GPU according to this nice list

Remember to check and update the value of CURE and FDLC! The calculator does not automatically pull data in so you have to search the rates online. Either coinwarz or coinmarketcap is fine.

Cheers!

Important: FLDC only releases coins once per month. So don't worry if you haven't seen any coins yet! As of July 7 2017, there are 7.5 million FLDC distributed every month (it halves every four years, check what the monthly distribution is - that's why I included the date), so divide the PPD by 7.5 million to get the PPD per FLDC, so that you can calculate your FLDC earnings for the month.