Gridcoin

Gridcoin
	Gridcoin Logo
Ticker symbol	GRC
Development
Original author(s)	Rob Halförd[1]
White paper	Gridcoin: The Computation Power of a Blockchain Driving Science & Data Analysis
Implementation(s)	Gridcoin-Research
Latest release	5.1.0.0 / November 2, 2020[2]
Code repository	github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research
Development status	Active
Project fork of	Bitcoin, Peercoin[3]
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows, Linux, macOS
Developer(s)	Marco Nilsson, Paul Jensen, Tomas Brod, James Owens[4]
Source model	Open source
License	MIT License[3]
Website	gridcoin.us
Ledger
Timestamping scheme	Proof-of-stake
Block reward	10 GRC[5]
Block explorer	gridcoinstats.eu/block

Gridcoin (ticker: GRC) is an open source cryptocurrency which securely rewards volunteer computing performed on the BOINC,[6] a distributed computing platform that is home to over 30 science projects spanning a range of scientific disciplines.

Gridcoin attempts to address and ease the environmental energy impact of cryptocurrency mining through its proof-of-research and proof-of-stake protocols, as compared to the proof of work system used by Bitcoin.

References

"Gridcoin GRC Information - Classic in Retirement". CRYPTOCURRENCYTALK.COM. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
"Releases - gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research". Retrieved 2 November 2020 – via GitHub.
"License on Github". GitHub. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
"gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research". GitHub. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
"Network Blocks". Gridcoinstats. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
Dong, Zhongli; Lee, Young Choon; Zomaya, Albert Y (2015). "Crowdware: A Framework for GPU-Based Public-Resource Computing with Energy-Aware Incentive Mechanism". 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (Cloud Com). p. 266. doi:10.1109/CloudCom.2015.73. ISBN 978-1-4673-9560-1.

External links

Official Gridcoin website

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[1] "Gridcoin GRC Information - Classic in Retirement". CRYPTOCURRENCYTALK.COM. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[Github_Releases-2] "Releases - gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research". Retrieved 2 November 2020 – via GitHub.

[license-3] "License on Github". GitHub. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[4] "gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research". GitHub. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[5] "Network Blocks". Gridcoinstats. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[:0-6] Dong, Zhongli; Lee, Young Choon; Zomaya, Albert Y (2015). "Crowdware: A Framework for GPU-Based Public-Resource Computing with Energy-Aware Incentive Mechanism". 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (Cloud Com). p. 266. doi:10.1109/CloudCom.2015.73. ISBN 978-1-4673-9560-1.