Gridcoin - Step 4: Earn Gridcoin

Steps to Earn GRC via DPOR

1) Check Your Projects
- a) Make sure any projects you crunch are on the whitelist. If it isn't on it, you will not be rewarded for it
- b) Check that each project crunched is on team Gridcoin. You will not get rewarded if they are not on the team
- c) Check that the CPIDs (cross project identifier) are the same across your projects. You can check on each project or check using boincstats
  - If you found differing CPIDs, use this guide
- d) if you just started crunching, you may need to wait around 24 hours for statistics to sync
2) Configure the Wallet
- a) In the wallet, go to the overiew page and check the message in the lower left. Makes sure it doesn't say INVESTOR
  - If you see INVESTOR, check that you did all steps in Check Your Projects. If you setup BOINC in a non-default path, add it in the config (see Step 2)
  - Note: BOINC is needed on the machine running the wallet. It needs to be connected to any project on your account (it can be suspended)
- b) Send a beacon
  - I) Unlock your wallet fully if you've locked it
  - II) Go to the debug tab, then console, and enter "advertisebeacon" without quotes. A transaction should be sent
  - III) After it's been sent, Go to the console and run "beaconreport" without quotes. Check for your CPID. You may need to wait ~24 hours
  - IV) You can now lock your wallet again
3) Running the Wallet to Stake
- a) Unlock the wallet for staking only if locked. It is recommended to have it encrypted for security
- b) Run the wallet close to 24/7. When your wallet is off, you miss chances to stake blocks and earn rewards
- c) Every 6 months, you will need to send a beacon again. Repeat the process shown in Configure the Wallet step b
- d) Keep the wallet up to date as updates are released