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   +    BOINC Radio #06 Tasks Completed, Funding, A New Project BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 4pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on December 20th Tasks Completed, Funding, A New Project   In this episode of BOINC Radio we discuss news coming from WCG and Primegrid, SETI@Home's funding drive, the new project quchempedia, and some other things, including an invite code giveaway for PrimaBOINCa thanks to listener flashfire42! For your shot at earning the invite code, follow @BOINCNetwork on twitter, join the BOINCNetwork Discord server, and mention that you're interested in an invite to the PrimaBOINCa project. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the show! Time Subject 2:40 Returning to our discussion on science communicators 6:45 OpenZika is finished 12:35 Primegrid discovers their 400th megprimePrimeGrid DiscordPrimeGrid Twitter 17:00 Fires in Australia 22:15 Rosetta@Home's parent institute receives funding boost 26:45 SETI@Home Fall/Winter funding drive 29:30 New BOINC Project! QuChempedia 35:30 "Quantum 'FM' Radio" 41:30 PrimaBOINCa invite code giveaway! As mentioned in the first episode, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do What is BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine. Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

   +    BOINC Radio #05 OOBE, Optical Computing, CSIRO BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 4pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on December 6th OOBE, Optical Computing, CSIRO In this episode of BOINC Radio we discuss the freshly released BOINC Out of the Box Experience for Scientists document released by David Anderson. We also hear from the developer and head of a new BOINC project on their experience and thoughts. We also discuss optical computing and its potential within the BOINC Network (thanks to PheonixArcher for the discussion topic!) Lastly we discuss CISRO's radio signal crossing the half-way mark on its journey to a nearby earth-like planet. Enjoy! Time Subject 3:05 Some NewsBOINC Radio Podcast Banner BountyLBRY.Science Curation InitiativeLBRY.Science Science Communication Initiative 7:00 BOINC Out of the Box Experience for Researchers and BOINC Roadmap 14:15 Some Thoughts From a Project Head and Dev 23:15 Optical Computing and BOINC 36:15 CSIRO   As mentioned in the first episode, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do What is BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine. Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

   +    BOINC Radio #04 Development, Birthdays, and Virtual Reality  BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 4pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on November 15th Development, Birthdays, and Virtual Reality In this episode of BOINC Radio Delta and jringo discuss the recently published development roadmap/wishlist, Delta discusses his experience contributing to BOINC development, your hosts celebrate WCG's 15th Birthday and some unique BOINC project ideas, and Delta talks about a recently attended virtual reality conference. Oh, and don't forget about your opportunity to earn 30 USD for making BOINC Radio a banner for these posts. PM jringo or Delta on the BOINC Discord if you're interested. And a huge thanks to LBRY.Science for putting up the funds! Enjoy! Time Subject 1:15 $30 Bounty for BOINC Radio Banner 5:00 BOINC Development Roadmap 7:30 Delta talks about his experience contributing to BOINC codebase 10:15 The Process of Contributing to FOSS Projects 14:00 Delta talks more about his experience contributing to BOINC codebase 23:45 Happy 15th Birthday WCG! 30:00 We talk about unique BOINC projects 35:30 We are VR 46:45 Closing   As mentioned in the first episode, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do What is BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine. Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by DCUni. LBRY.Science, OE, and the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EST on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on November 7th   This week we discuss the system of science: The contemporary scientific system is comprised of structures that stem from the practices of century old networks. Tonight we discuss the outcome of this history. What has been built? What seems to work? What seems to be failing? The structures of science: Funding Education Research or Study Validation of Research or Study Publishing or Dissemination of Information Accreditation and Reputation Translation Time Subject 5:00 NewsMonthly ReportsNew WCG Project: Africa Rainfall 9:10 The System of Science 13:40 Opening Discussion on Research and Study, Validation, Publication, and Reputation structuresResources:We're Incentivizing Bad ScienceDistrust In ScienceSelfie Scientists 30:30 Funding 46:00 Institutional Incentives 50:00 The Rotten Tomatoes of Science 52:00 Why Open a System 55:30 Translation   What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

   +    BOINC Radio #03 UX Games and Browsers  BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 5pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on November 1st UX Games and Browsers In this episode of BOINC Radio Delta and jringo discuss the new WCG project, Africa Rainfall, the BOINC Contributors Calls, and the three bodies problem that is being solved by using neural networks (and would be perfect for BOINC). Additionally, your hosts pine for another iteration of Bill Nye, Jringo shares an experience from a FOSS conference, Delta explores what games could do for distributed computing, and the quest for a BOINC browser continues. Oh, and don't forget about your opportunity to earn 30 USD for making BOINC Radio a banner for these posts. PM jringo or Delta on the BOINC Discord if you're interested. And a huge thanks to LBRY.Science for putting up the funds! Enjoy! Time Subject 3:00 $30 BOINC Radio Banner Bounty 5:05 NewsNew WCG Project: Africa RainfallBOINC Contributors CallThree Body Problem Using a Neural Net 23:30 Science Communication 30:00 FOSS, UX, and Improving BOINC 37:30 Gaming and Scientific Computing As mentioned in the first episode, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do What is BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine. Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by DCUni and the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EST on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on October 24th   FOSS product groups and organizations have experimented with and developed unique organizational models over the decades. Largely based on reputation and positions of responsibility, these organizations have ultimately produced some of the most widely used software. In this episode we discuss how these organizations work and how Blockchain and DLT can add to their operation. Time Subject 2:20 NewsGridcoin 4.0.6 Release (Ernestine)Gridcoin Marketing and Engagement ProposalLBRY.ScienceWhoisterencelee's decentralized distributed incentivized computing project 13:30 Organizational Models 22:40 FOSS vs Standard Career Path 28:00 What Maintains Open Source Software? 36:40 Gridcoin as a Case Study 44:45 Blockchain FOSS Organizational Model 46:45 Fern 52:00 Gridcoin as a Case Study PT 2   What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by DCUni and the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EST on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on October 17th In this episode we answer the questions: What would happen if everyone could choose from a market of societal incentive structures and economic systems? What would happen if economic systems were built and managed via an open-source organizational model? What would happen if the value of economic variables were rules-based? What would happen if the transition out of a failing or unpopular economic system was not only possible, but seamless? What would happen if anyone could start their own economic system at any time with a few lines of code? Time Subject 2:45 NewsGridcoin BirthdayGridcoin Marketing and Engagement InitiativeGridcoin.world websiteGridcoin whitepaperBOINC Radio 13:00 Project brief: GPUGrid 35:40 Incentives and Economics 43:45 Innovation in a Market of Economic Systems 56:45 Marketing in a Market of Economics 1:05:00 Closing Comments Project brief: GPUGrid This week delta1512 introduced us to the project GPU Grid GPUGRID is a project that runs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for scientists in the fields of cancer, HIV/AIDS, neurological disorders and general scientific and lab simulations. What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

   +    BOINC Radio #02 Gameification and UX  BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 5pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on October 18th Gameification and UX Over the years, BOINC has manifested something of a social network combined with a competitive circuit. This process is part of what is called gameification. In this episode we discussed BOINC's use of the concept along with the user experience it has created. As mentioned in the first episode, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do Otherwise, enjoy the show and see you next time! Time Subject 2:20 What is Gameification? 6:40 How BOINC does Gameification 14:00 Is Gameification Really Good for a System? 23:50 Cheating in BOINC vs Scientific Publication/Peer Review vs FOSS and Open Systems 30:35 Gamers, BOINC, and UX 37:30 A major flaw in the BOINC UX 38:40 How the BOINC Infrastructure Works 42:50 Haptic UX What is BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine. Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

  Project brief (Pb) is a segment of the Gridcoin Fireside where Delta talks about scientific projects apart of the BOINC network in simple terms.   Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join What does GPUGRID do?     GPUGRID is a project that runs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for scientists in the fields of cancer, HIV/AIDS, neurological disorders and general scientific and lab simulations. GPUGRID does things a little similar to Rosetta@home but where Rosetta focuses on mainly folding and proteins, GPUGRID does all sorts of things from docking, to folding to just "what happens if this happens" types of experiments with not only proteins but also smaller molecules. To learn more about how proteins work, check out my other Project Brief on Rosetta. What is MD?     Molecular dynamics is the physics of molecules and atoms and how they interact at the tiny scales where they live. The animation above is a little bit fast but it shows how one big molecule interacts in a sea of smaller water or gas molecules. It is a little hectic, and that's how it is in reality (just we can't really see it). All that jiggling around is what we call heat, the hotter it is, the more it jiggles and the more chance it has to separate a material (for example, turning water into steam). This jiggling is important to incorporate into simulations like folding or docking, because that way, the possible drug or cure that is being tested is in the most realistic situation it can be. Why GPUs and not CPUs?     For those of you that don't know, CPUs are what makes your computer run, it does the maths, it manages your memory and files and all the general stuff. CPUs usually only need a couple of hands (cores) to do a bunch of complex things because usually you will only be doing a couple things at a time on the computer.     The GPU is usually an extra card or component within the computer that puts stuff on the screen. Now the key thing about this is that to put stuff on the screen, you can have lots and lots of little hands (cores) doing very simple things to bring one big thing together in the end (ie, the picture on the screen) This fact is why GPUGRID only uses GPUs, because they are really really good at lots and lots of really small calculations. Much like lots and lots of molecules all bouncing around.

   +      BOINC Radio #01 What is BOINC? BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast brought to you by the BOINC community. On it Delta1512 and jringo discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community and network, and SCIENCE! The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. You can join the BOINC community on the first and third Friday of the month at 5pm EST on the BOINC discord server. Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App Follow Join     Recorded on October 4th   What is BOINC? Welcome to the first episode of BOINC Radio! In this recording delta1512 and jringo introduce the show and give a broad overview of BOINC. As mentioned in the beginning of the show, we're looking for help developing the show. Definitely definitely definitely reach out if you can already or want to learn how to: Host a segment Graphic design Music Production Talk about science Talk about BOINC Tell a story Get involved with the BOINC community Organize Whatever you think we should do Otherwise, enjoy the show and see you next time! Time Subject 1:45 About the show 5:20 What is BOINC? 7:55 Why is BOINC? 11:30 How is BOINC? 13:10 Cost savings of BOINC 16:10 Using existing hardware 17:40 Connecting scientists and participants 22:15 BOINC as an open-source product 24:00 A brief history of BOINC 27:00 New unique BOINC project: ithena 28:00 Other unique BOINC project: Radioactive@home 29:30 Other possible sensor projects 30:00 A major drawback to BOINC 33:00 Results from BOINC projects 37:15 What is BOINC? Pt 2   What is BOINC? The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open-source grid computing infrastructure which provides open access to a global volunteer-based distributed computing network. To date, BOINC has been the driving force behind numerous computationally intensive research programs, such as pulsar identification, the creation of patient specific cancer treatments, the simulation of candidate molecules for next-generation solar panels, along with many others. While BOINC has been used primarily for science and mathematics, it can host data from any open or commercial field so long as the data can be formatted for BOINC’s processes. Examples of projects include tasks on engineering, cryptography, rendering, weather and climate prediction, as well as social, market, and resource analytics. Enigma@home, for example, worked to break remaining WWII messages encrypted by an Enigma machine.   Want to Learn More? Discord: https://discord.gg/wPRafUqWebsite: http://boinc.berkeley.eduReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/GitHub Repo: https://github.com/BOINC/

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by DCUni and the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EST on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on October 3rd   This week we discuss ilikechocolate's outline for a new magnitude definition and distribution mechanism. In this episode we really only introduce the questions that need to be answered in order to move forward: What are the problems with the current magnitude system? How does this idea address those problems? What are the benefits to this idea? What are the problems with this idea? Who would benefit from the implementation of this idea? Who would lose out from the implementation of this idea? Is this idea secure? What are the philosophical implications of this proposal? We discuss only a few of these questions, but are certain to return to this discussion in the near future to fully address all of them. Time Subject 1:15 NewsGridcoin Monthly ReportOutdated Gridcoin.world UpdateOutdated Gridcoin White Paper Update 5:00 Gridcoin Marketing and Engagement Initiative 24:45 Gridcoin Reward Mechanism 41:30 System Failure (Discord crashed) 42:25 System Reboot - Should we move in this direction? 1:00:00 Closing Thoughts   What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by DCUni and the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EST on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on September 26th We are all intrinsically aware of the power of data, yet we continue to give for free the data that defines our personal existence and hold for sale the data that could change humanity and the world. This episode from September 26th looks forward to an economy in which the value created by individuals interacting with a digital world is recognized and dignified with monetary compensation. We discuss how blockchain technology holds the potential to redefine the patent and copyright structures by simultaneously freeing data and knowledge, opening them to the open-source future, while strengthening ownership rights and claims. Time Subject 1:45 NewsRoadmapNew BOINC Project: ithenaOutdated Gridcoin.World Update 5:00 Project Brief: Amicable Numbers 18:30 A Dignified Data Driven Economy of the Future 26:45 Opening Discussion 29:20 Data and Ownership on Blockchain 40:00 Censorship of Data on Blockchain 44:00 Gridcoin Blockchain Interacting with Data 52:00 Closing Discussion   Project brief: Amicable Numbers This week delta1512 introduced us to the project Amicable Numbers. An Amicable number pair is a pair of numbers where each of the factors of each number (except the number itself) adds to the other number. What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Project brief (Pb) is a segment of the Gridcoin Fireside where Delta talks about scientific projects apart of the BOINC network in simple terms. What are Amicable Numbers? Amicable numbers is a BOINC project run by a small group of people who want to discover as many Amicable numbers as possible. Now in order to understand Amicable numbers, we must first understand what a perfect number is...     A perfect number is a number where all of its factors (except for the number itself) adds to the number you have. In the example above, 6 is a perfect number. It has factors: 6 (6x1) 3 (3x2) 2 (2x3) 1 (1x6) So if we take the sum of these numbers except for 6 itself we get:3 + 2 + 1 = 6 Pretty cool right?     So this is where we come to Amicable numbers. An Amicable number pair is a pair of numbers where each of the factors of each number (except the number itself) adds to the other number. You can see this in the image above with the smallest Amicable number pair 220 and 284. As far as research goes, there is no directly applicable problem that uses Amicable numbers however, it does present quite a novelty to crunchers who want to claim those numbers as their own (much like finding prime numbers with Primegrid).    

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on September 19th Blockchains and Cryptocurrency Part 2: Value, Money, Currency This week we discuss how blockchains and cryptocurrency are changing the way we view, use, and define currency, money, and value. We also touch on debt in the world of science. Time Subject 2:00 NewsTeam Requirement Removal Testing ContinuesGridcoin.world Open for DonationsProject Brief Next WeekBlockchain Offline TransactionsFunding the Running-Costs of Gridcoin.WorldGRC Listed on TXBitThor Challenge 18:40 Community Highlight: Roboticmind 19:45 Blockchains and Cryptocurrency Part 2: Value, Money, Currency 26:30 AI and debt? 36:10 Where does crypto get its value? 52:15 Debt in the scientific system 58:15 Gridcoin Grants 1:06:45 Closing Comments     What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on September 12th First, a huge thank you to Nethlek for leading this week's episode. If you see him around give him hug for me. Anyway. In this episode we discuss some developments expected with the Fern mandatory update. The main focus is on the new superblock mechanism that will be replacing the quorum process for superblock creation. No idea what I'm talking about? Have a listen to the episode! Time Subject 0:00 NewsBittrex Wallet Removal on October 3rdTXBit Integration has startedTeam Requirement Removal testing still under-way. Looking for more teams to volunteer for team whitelistingThor Challenge run by Crunchers Sans FrontiersWhat is BOINC Post -- Come share your thoughts 7:15 Project brief: World Community Grid 19:45 Main Discussion - New Superblock DevelopmentsFern Milestone 38:40 What is a mandatory update? Project brief: World Community Grid This week delta1512 introduced us to World Community Grid. WCG is a BOINC project run by IBM that aims to solve immediately applicable problems to the human race. Mainly they specialise in trying to cure disease and cancer but have done other applicable projects in the past. What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on August 29th Blockchains: Moving Beyond the Trust-Based Model   In this episode we discuss how blockchain technology presents an alternative to the trust-based model of not only finance, but any protocol, process, or organization that relies on arbiters of trust. While the [electronic payments] system works well enough for most transactions, it still suffers from the inherent weaknesses of the trust based model. What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party. - Satoshi Nakamoto Trust is a complex natural protocol that enables social interaction between individuals. It largely depends on a biological function drawn from a tribal library. It is difficult to maintain a natural web of trust beyond 100-200 individual people. This creates logical problems including tribalism and prejudice. To overcome these problems, human societies manufactured protocols and processes that manage trust across large webs of individuals. For thousands of years, technological limitations demanded these protocols and processes be managed by people -- by arbiters of trust. In solving the problems of the tribal model, this trust-based model creates a significant problem: arbiters of trust hold incredible power. Cypherpunks, crypto-anarchists, and others claim that a digital future secured by cryptography is the solution to this ancient problem. The Bitcoin blockchain was the first successful implementation of their proposed solution.   Time Subject 1:05 NewsGridcoin 4.0.5 "Elizabeth Release"Gridcoin.World ProposalCall for BOINC teams to help test the team requirement removalsLHC@home Back on the whitelistDHEP off the whitelistCruncher Sans Frontier Thor ChallengeJanksy FellowshipI buy memes for the GridcoinMemes twitterTXBit ListingSwapSpace listingSotN ReportGridcoin Monthly ReportNicehash to Gridcoin converterGridcoin+Steem basic income 18:00 Opening DiscussionEric Hughes - Cypher Punk ManifestoTim May - Crypto Anarchy ManifestBitcoin Whitepaper 19:45 Tribal -> Trust -> Cryptographically based systems 24:00 Trust, science, and why to build alternatives 28:45 Multi-currency future 30:30 Satoshi's perspective 31:45 Communities of trust 34:00 Alterative alternatives 36:00 Reality 43:45 Oracles, Trust, and Science 55:15 Closing comments   What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on August 15th Building a Treasury In this episode we explore treasury systems in cryptocurrency networks. We discuss several ways they might function and their benefits. The discussion ends with some very welcome comments from a new voice. Gridcoin treasury post from January 2018 Time Subject 2:15 NewsNew White Paper Approved2019 BOINC Workshop Reimbursement ValidatedGridcoin.world proposalTXBit Vote 15:30 Treasuries in Cryptocurrency Networks 27:30 Opening Discussion 31:00 How is a treasury different from the foundation? 32:00 A type of treasury system 36:00 Verified Side-Staking Addresses 38:30 Would funds raised through a treasury system be required to be spent on Gridcoin development? 41:00 Building verified side-staking entities 46:45 Examples of other treasury systems 48:15 "Some comments from a noobie" 1:20:10 Closing Comments    Project brief Join us on August 29th for a Project brief on World Community Grid! What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen   On LBRY WebLBRY App  Follow  Join   Recorded on August 8th Wealth Distribution in Cryptocurrencies In this episode we explore wealth distribution in cryptocurrency networks. We discuss the problems centralization of wealth brings to crypto networks and cryptoconomics, the history of cryptocurrency generation and distribution, the rationale behind different methods of wealth distribution, and we dive into some specifics with GRC. Time Subject 2:00 NewsUpdated White Paper ProposalBOINC Workshop Reimbursement ProposalGridcoin.world ProposalGridcoinMemes TwitterGridcoin Monthly ReportThe Gridcoin Fireside now on LBRYBrowser LinkLBRY App Linktxbit exchange votingjringo emoji contest 16:00 Project Brief: Yoyo@home 29:00 Wealth Distribution in Cryptocurrencies 32:30 The Problems Created by Wealth Centralization in CryptocurrenciesProblem 1: Network Security and DecentralizationProblem 2: Depressed Velocity of MoneyProblem 3: Counteracts Cryptoeconomic Incentives Mentioned ArticleProblem 4: Network Morale 39:50 History of Cryptocurrency Genesis 43:00 Distributing Coins from Early Miners 47:45 DiscussionBitcoin Wealth 1:00:00 History of GRC 1:07:00 Using GRC to build Gridcoin 1:10:00 Should we be worried about GRC wealth centralization? 1:19:00 A Potential Technical Solutions 1:31:00 The Network Effect 1:35:00 Why Aren't GRC Whales Using Their GRC? Project brief: yoyo@home This week @delta1512 introduced us to math. yoyo@home is a mathematical project that aims to solve problems in number theory through "brute forcing". One of the problems it is working on has close correlation to internet security whereas others have some real-world applications. What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  Support this podcast by donating or side-staking GRC to Rx93giSUPF41y9YybSy95H59btCNVq8sVo The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen     Follow  Join   Recorded on August 1st Team Requirement Removal This week we discuss removing the Gridcoin team requirement. You will hear what the team requirement removal means for Gridcoin, how it will be implemented, and a whole discussion on its economic effects and how we might build a full economic system in the future. Time Subject 1:30 NewsProposed Updated WhitepaperBOINC Workshop Reimbursement PollLight Sail 2Mysterious Binary System 13:30 Team Requirement Removal 15:00 What is the Team Requirement Removal? 16:15 What are BOINC teams? 18:15 Opening Discussion 19:30 Why didn't we remove the team requirement earlier? 24:25 Rolling out the team req removal 32:45 Testing the team requirement removal 35:35 How will the team requirement affect the economics of Gridcoin 45:00 Building a protocol defined economy 51:00 Knobs, Levers, and Friendly Forks 1:19:50 Closing Thoughts Project brief There was no Project brief this week, but join us next week for @delta1512's return! What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community

  The Gridcoin Fireside is a participatory podcast brought to you by the Gridcoin community. It is intended to introduce and explore DLT, cryptocurrency, and crypto-economics from a science oriented perspective. The audience is welcome to participate through voice-comms or via the discord text chat. Join us every Thursday at 8:00pm EDT on the Gridcoin discord server.  Listen     Follow  Join   Recorded on July 25th Manual Reward Claims (MRC) This week we discuss manual reward claims, a mechanism that seeks to develop a lever for the the Gridcoin economic system by giving crunchers the option to claim their earned research rewards (ERR) without staking. Instead, the researcher would click a button and receive their ERR, minus a small fee, in the next staked block. The fee, as currently presented, would be split between the staker of the block and development funding. This means that this lever utilizes fee-based economics to enable treasury funding! Treasury funding is a critical aspect of blockchain economies -- how do you fund development of open-source software and open-source economies... and open-source science? -- and is being explored by more and more communities. Here again, it would seem, GRC is helping drive the crypto space forward. You will hear an introduction to these concepts along with an introduction to some of the details and discussions going on. Remember! MRC is in the very early stages of development. Now is the time to get involved if you have ideas on how it might function best. You don't need to code to participate in these discussions! Time Subject 2:45 NewsSotNNew White Paper Proposal2019 Boinc Workshop Speaker Reimbursement PollGridcoin Highlights 7:30 Project brief: LHC@Home 27:00 MRC - Introduction 34:50 MRC - Details 45:00 MRC - Discussion 45:40 Question 1: How does MRC guard against Sybil attacks? 50:55 Question 2: How will MRC affect the emission rate of GRC? 52:00 Question 3: What effect will MRC have on the staking difficulty of the network? 55:30 Question 4: Why is the reward cap at 80% of ERR? 1:12:30 Closing Discussion   Project brief: LHC@Home This week @delta1512 introduces us to the power-house of particle physics, LHC@Home. Have you ever pondered if the protons and neutrons you learned about in high-school were actually made up of something even smaller? Well, they are, and there are a whole load of different "fundamental particles" that make up reality as we know it, and scientists dedicate themselves to discovering more of them and seeing how they work. This is where LHC@Home helps out. To learn more, check out the project brief post linked above, or join us live tonight on The Gridcoin Fireside. There is no Project brief next week, but we'll see Delta again in two weeks! What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin is a multi-incentive permissionless blockchain initiated in 2013. It mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery, as well as through a proof-of-stake reward mechanism. The Gridcoin blockchain monitors processing contributions to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Networked Computing (BOINC). BOINC hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and CERN, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists. Access to Gridcoin's computation resources is free, while computation contributors are incentivized with cryptocurrency minted by the Gridcoin protocol. Want to Learn More?  Website: https://gridcoin.usDiscord: https://discord.gg/jf9XX4aSteemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoinWhite Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf -- Github -- Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-ResearchCommunity: https://github.com/gridcoin-community