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Steps to Earn GRC

1) Configure the Wallet
If you don't use the GUI, go to the non-gui steps. Ignore this if you don't know what this means
a) In the wallet, click on the beacon button and then select Solo ("Beacon" may display as "Action Needed") image of the beacon wizard with three options and the solo button selected
If your wallet doesn't look like the image above, press the "Start Over" button
b) Press next and enter the email you used on your BOINC projects image showing a textbox asking for your BOINC email
Enter your email for your BOINC projects, and don't enter [email protected]
c) Click next and make sure you see a check mark (✔️) next to the field labeled CPID. If you do not, go to the troubleshooting section image showing an overview of information in the wallet about your BOINC account
Note that your CPID and email will be different than in the image above
d) Click next and then press the advertise beacon button image showing a button that has send beacon on it e) You should now see the screen below saying you have a pending beacon. If you see any errors go to the troubleshooting section image showing a lighthouse with yellow to represent a pending beacon and a check mark saying press next to continue f) Press next and then press the copy button or write down the code. You will need this for step g image showing the wallet's instructions on how to change your username and the code the wallet wants you to change to
Make sure to copy the code on your wallet and not the code above. Each code is different
g) If you press next you should now see the screen below image showing the wallet's instructions on how to change your username and the code the wallet wants you to change to h) Go to BOINC and click a whitelisted project you work on. Click on the Your Account button under Project web pages. If not listed, click on Home page and look for a setting or account options page on the website
image of the advanced view in BOINC showing a project selected and the your account option being clicked under the column Project web pages
Advanced View
image of the simple view in BOINC showing a dropdown from clicking the project web page button and the your account option being clicked
Simple View
i) If you see the page below, click on the other account info link. If you see something else, look for a place to change your username image what some BOINC account pages look like with the other account info link underlined j) Change your username temporarily to the code in your wallet until the beacon verifies (takes ~24-48 hours). This proves to the network that you own your account and are not trying to steal rewards from someone image what the name change screen looks like with an example code filled in for the username
Your BOINC project may look different. Don't use the exact code above. Use the code that was in your wallet
k) After ~24-48 hours your beacon should validate and you should see something like the screen below. After you see this, you can now change your username to whatever you want image showing the beacon page showing the words everything looks good and a checkmark l) Some projects require you to enable stats exports. If any of yours do, follow the steps for those project to enable it. Currently required by:
    • [email protected] (steps to enable)
    • [email protected] (steps to enable)
    • [email protected] (steps to enable)
    • World Community Grid (steps to enable)
2) Running the Wallet to Stake

See the staking wiki page for more details on what staking is

m) If locked, unlock the wallet for "Staking Only". It is recommended to have it encrypted for security. image showing the unlock menu that appears after press the unlock button. Shows 'for staking only' checked and a textbox to enter your password
Screen after the Unlock Wallet button is pressed. Doesn't apply or show as an option if the wallet has not been encrypted
n) Run the wallet close to 24/7. When your wallet is off, you miss chances to stake blocks and earn rewards. Make sure you see a filled in stack of squares in the bottom right like below image showing a filled in stack of squares being hovered over saying 'staking' and numbers about how likely it is to stake
Your numbers will be different when you hover over the icon. Make sure the icon is lit and is not red or unlit. If it isn't, hover over it to see what issues are going on
o) Every 6 months, your beacon will renew automatically if your wallet is open and unlocked for staking. image showing a button in the center labeled advertise beacon and text above it saying your beacon is eligible for renewal
Image of the screen that shows up when you need to renew your beacon.
p) Keep the wallet up to date as updates are released

Troubleshooting

Q: My Wallet Is Not Staking
  • Hover over the icon with the arrow to see why it is not staking
  • Check that the wallet is unlocked
  • Run the diagnostics under the help tab
  • If you see that your wallet is out of sync, try waiting a few hours leaving the wallet to sync
  • If the "verify clock" test has failed, check that your timezone on your computer is correct and that the time is also correct
  • If you see the ETTS (estimated time to stake) check has failed, consider either getting more coins or following the pool guide
  • Remember that the ETTS is an average time to stake. For example, if you average expected staking frequency is once per month, some months you may stake 5 times, and other times you may wait 5 months between a stake.
  • Q: My Balance is Too Low To Send a Beacon
  • You need around 1 GRC to send a beacon. If you recently received some GRC, you will need to wait a few minutes for the transaction to be confirmed before using that GRC for a beacon.
  • You can use faucets to get free GRC for sending a Beacon: Gridcoinstats.eu, Gridcoin.ch. Our discord is a great place to ask for a few free GRC to get started
  • Q: My Beacon Isn't Being Verified
  • Make sure you are crunching under your own account in BOINC and that the project is on the whitelist
  • Make sure you changed your username
  • Check if your project is one that requires you to enable stats export
    • Go to the whitelist page and see if your project requires it
    • If you see your project requires it, follow the steps to enable it that are linked next to your project
  • Try waiting if all of the above are correct and its been less than 48 hours
  • General Help
  • Try running the diagnostic (located under the help tab) and check that everything passes
  • Make sure any projects you crunch are on the whitelist. If it isn't on it, you will not be rewarded for it
  • Check that the CPIDs (cross project identifier) are the same across your project
    • If you found differing CPIDs, make sure you are using the same account. If you are on the same account, use this guide to help fix issues
  • If you just started crunching, you may need to wait around 24-48 hours for statistics to sync
  • Still not working? Try going to one of the community platforms (such as Reddit or discord) and ask for help there. A full list of platforms is at the header and footer of this site
  • Configure the Wallet (non-GUI steps)
  • I) Unlock your wallet fully if you've locked it
  • II) Run the command advertisebeacon and make note of the verification_code. If you lose track of the code, get it again with beaconstatus
  • III) Login to one of your BOINC projects web pages and change your username to the verification code (you can change it back after your beacon validates)
  • IV) You can now lock your wallet again (you can unlock your wallet for staking too).
  • V) Wait for your beacon to validate (check it with beaconstatus)
  • VI) Leave your wallet running and unlocked for staking as close as possible to 24/7. This will allow your wallet to stake and earn your rewards
  • 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) If you setup BOINC in a non-default path, add it in the config (see Step 2)
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