Cloudflare uses cookies that cannot be disabled.
Do you accept the use of cookies by Google Analytics for statistical purposes?
Since you have Do Not Track enabled, we have disabled our Google Analytics cookies.
Cloudflare uses cookies that cannot be disabled.
Jump to Content Gridcoin logo with text stating Gridcoin on the right
Community
Gridcoin Community
Contact Us Facebook Github Reddit Steemit Twitter
Chat
BOINC Telegram Gridcoin Telegram Discord Slack Gridcoin 中国 qq 群
Resources
Publications
Gridcoin Whitepaper Gridcoin Staking Bluepaper Publications Mentioning Gridcoin BOINC Project Publications BOINC Academic Articles
GRC Info
Gridcoin Wiki Search this Site Gridcoin Marketing and Media Files
Development
Github Repositories Team & Contributors RPC Wiki Page Wallet Downloads Official Snapshot
Tools
Forum Signatures
Guides
Main Guides
Solo-Crunching Pool-Crunching Non-Cruncher
Other Guides
Project Whitelist Security Misc. Guides Terminology Gridcoin FAQ
Trade/Spend
Exchanges
SouthXchange Txbit.io Flyp.me
3rd party wallets
HolyTransaction
Pool/Stats
Gridcoin Pools
grcpool Arikado Pool
Block Explorers
GridcoinStats Gridcoin.network Gridcoin.ch
Team Stats
Boincstats Free-DC Netsoft SETIBZH
Exchange Stats
Coinmarketcap CoinGecko WorldCoinIndex CryptoCompare
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

IMPORTANT NOTICE

To solo mine, you must have enough Gridcoin to stake and earn rewards. You should have enough Gridcoin to stake about once every month, which is around 5000 GRC. Consider following the pool mining guide if you do not have 5000 GRC

Don't Want BOINC rewards?

Switch to the Non-Cruncher guide. You do not need to install or run BOINC in order to use GRC as a cryptocurrency.

BOINC Introduction

To earn Gridcoin, you need to crunch whitelisted BOINC projects. You must install the BOINC client and select several BOINC projects.

For getting Gridcoin, see step 3. You can also start out by pool mining, which needs no Gridcoin to get rewards.

BOINC video introductions:
  • David Anderson talks BOINC, Citizen Science, and Why We Still Need You!
  • Serge Berig - BOINC: Compute for Good, Change the World
BOINC Logo

Install BOINC

Go to the BOINC website, download and install BOINC for any computer you want to run BOINC on. If you don't have projects that use VirtualBox, BOINC+VirtualBox is not needed.

BOINC Installation Video Tutorials:
  • Pi my life up: Setting up BOINC on a Raspberry Pi
  • Rasim Muratovic: Installing BOINC

Choose Projects on the Whitelist

Sources of whitelist data
  • Gridcoin Wallet
  • Gridcoin.us Whitelist page
  • Gridcoinstats.eu
Project Selection Tips
  • Choose projects with least competition. Use tools such as Gridcoinstats to help identify such projects.
  • Select projects most compatible with your computer hardware, don't crunch GPU work with a CPU.
  • Verify your projects have enough work available, you don't want downtime for projects to generate new work.
  • Have a backup project in case your primary project runs out of work or goes down.

Pros and Cons of Account Managers

  • Choose and follow the instructions for your choice
  • Use an Account Manager:
    • Single Sign On: One password for BOINC to remember.
    • Manage computer resources & configuration from one location.
    • Manage all BOINC projects from one management portal online.
  • Disadvantages:
    • Single Sign On: If your account manager's credentials are compromised, then all of your BOINC project accounts will be compromised.

No Account Manager Setup

  • After starting BOINC, select the "add a project" button.
  • After clicking "Next" choose a project.
  • For some projects (such as World Community Grid) you have to register directly on the homepage of the project. Remember to use the same email address for all BOINC projects.
  • Confirm the registration. After tapping the "Finish" button, a browser should open. If not, go to the project homepage (can be found via Google). Find the “Your Account” button and press it.
  • Within the web page, enter your username (country/post-code can be blank) then press OK.
  • (optional) Search for and join team "Gridcoin" or a team of your choice.
  • Repeat these steps for all projects you want to participate in.

BOINC Account Manager Setup

  • Create a BAM! account here.
  • Wait for the activation mail, and activate your account.
  • Login to BAM! (the login box is at the top-right of this page).
  • Go to "Sign-up for projects" in the BAM! menu and click the "Create account" icon for every project you want to join.
  • Go to "My projects" in the BAM! menu and select the projects that you want all your new hosts to attach to by clicking the "Attach new host by default" icon.
  • Attach your BOINC client to BAM!. The instructions are here.
  • The client will make two connections to BAM!. It will connect to projects that are set to default attach.
  • Configure BAM! to your liking. Read the F.A.Q. for details.
  • (optional) Joining a team:
    • Go to the Team page.
    • For each project, tick the checkbox in the 3rd column.
    • Click the green "Change/Join team" button at the bottom of the list of projects.
    • Enter whatever team you want such as "Gridcoin" in the popup text field & click the "Search" button.
    • Select that team in each dropdown menu & click the green "Change/join team" button.
    • Click the orange "back to overview" button.
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

  • Community
  • Contact Us
  • Discord
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Slack
  • Steemit
  • Twitter
  • Gridcoin Telegram
  • BOINC Telegram
  • Gridcoin 中国 qq 群
  • Media
  • Marketing & Media Files
  • Mixcloud
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • Development
  • Github
  • Team & Contributors
  • RPC Wiki Page
  • Wallet Downloads
  • Official Snapshot
  • Block Explorers
  • GridcoinStats
  • Gridcoin.network
  • Gridcoin.ch
  • Team Stats
  • Boincstats
  • Free-DC
  • Netsoft
  • SETIBZH
  • Main Guides
  • Solo-Crunching
  • Pool-Crunching
  • Non-Cruncher
  • Guides
  • Project Whitelist
  • Security
  • Misc. Guides
  • Terminology
  • Gridcoin FAQ
  • Publications
  • Whitepaper
  • Gridcoin Staking Bluepaper
  • Publications Mentioning Gridcoin
  • BOINC Project Publications
  • BOINC Academic Articles
  • Gridcoin Wiki
  • Exchanges
  • SouthXchange
  • Txbit.io
  • Flyp.me
  • Exchange Stats
  • CoinGecko
  • Coinmarketcap
  • CryptoCompare
  • WorldCoinIndex
  • 3rd party wallets
  • HolyTransaction