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RE: Gridcoin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cryptocurrency
I used seti@home in the '90s and I've been using WorldCommunityGrid since it launched in 2004. I just learned about gridcoin recently (from steemit) and started mining it (via the pool) last week. My only disappointment is that it won't credit me for WorldCommunityGrid without joining the GridCoin team, so I had to suspend that project.
Yes, mandatory team membership is unfortunately a major hurdle for a lot of BOINC crunchers. That might sound strange in today's crypto world, where new cryptocurrencies are rolled out on an (almost) daily basis. But BOINC exists for over a decade now and crunchers have developed very strong loyalties to their teams.
There is a continuous discussion whether or not to remove the mandatory team requirement, check this post for more details:
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@cm-steem/gridcoin-s-mandatory-team-requirement-should-it-stay-or-should-it-go
Thanks. I read that when I was getting set up. It would be nice if they give up that requirement by the time I collect enough to start mining GRC without going through the pool.
It's funny. I can't even explain my decision process. Rather than switch from a team that I've contributed to for 12 years, I abandon WorldCommuityGrid entirely. I can't claim to have a good reason for it. Sunk costs, I guess.
Whichever way you think about it, science won. :)