These are the minutes for the 7th Gridcoin hangout on September 17, 2016:
- listen, youtube
- RSVP & Suggest topics
- invited guest: none
- integration Gridcoin into BitShares platform
- gives access to web wallets, Android wallets
- black swan event with MPA :-( due to massive Gridcoin value spike:
- value of GRC was higher than the collateral backing the Gridcoin tokens: and this triggered an alarm
- fixes ? hardfork of BitShares ? because no function to recover from such a black swan state
- but Openledger is progressing OK so far:
- 1 GRC equals 1 asset of Open.GRC on OpenLedger
- normally GRC is bound to BTC on all other exchanges, here now: one can exchange really against other coins without "going over BTC" *mobile wallets status
- Android probably more supported than iPhone
- iPhone: use web wallets
- Gridcoin Thunderclap campaign
- marketing: at same sending same message across various communication channels
- privacy ? since linking many accounts together. remove permissions once campaign completed
- see task
- splash screen contest
- poll will be created today
- 0:22:39
- result of poll: communications platform preference
- voting shares used: 10-11%
- "Both Miners and Investors prefer our forum at Cryptocointalk."
- voting in general + improvement ideas
- participation low
- ways to reach users?
- opinion about GRCmining dot com ?
- buying tutorials?
- don't buy: all info free, helpers in IRC, ...
- BOINC bug: Port XML routines to libxml++
- results in broken XML, e.g. with account manager of pool
- when fixed: good news for Gridcoin pool users
- project rain update:
- (mixes also at begin PoS v2 vs v3)
- now 36 cryptocurrencies supported
- improving security: current pwd hashing bad, switch to bcrypt; SSL
- make simpler front page
- tutorial for rain-makers
- outreach activity
- low network staking participation
- v3: fixed reward for each block AND being online with your wallet actively to earn yearly reward
- v2: exchanges/whales/investors not securing the network when just coming online for small time + get reward
- announcement to come by dev Rob:
- in hangout at that time not yet known is this: PDF
- theories: Quant/Gridcoin finance ? ...
- Coinomi: frustrated of no progress integrating Gridcoin
- created github issue was closed by Coinomi
- OpenLedger integration
- market activity (spike, ...)
- what would happen if someone buys up all GRCs on market ?
- FoldingCoin:
- spells of genesis card trading game with crypto theme
- see task
- alliance FLDC, CureCoin + GRC ?
- averaging about 100 new BOINC users per week
- are we keeping them ?
- tasks: analysis, email marketing, ...
- Gridcoin weekly reports
- provide summary *see 1:34:55, 1:37:20 also
- SSL status, security:
- 2 more BOINC projects use SSL now: CPDN + ATLAS
- risks of not using SSL
- account key of BOINC
- Katie's pool + account key
- BILD: BOINC.Italy Linux Distro
- e.g. run Nvidia drivers out of the box
- see task
- Gridcoin on little power machines:
- e.g.pen/micro-devices AMD; Intel compute sticks
- see task: Moises
- info about poll about how to improve voting mechanism
1:40:37 mixed
- Thunderclap campaign
- doing ads for it ?
- see: task
- Gleam.io for making a contest: (1:41:30)