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ILikeChocolate

@ilikechocolate

Gridcoin and Green Energy Enthusiast. GRC donations can be sent to: S4Mv1TLp5gfoC9NseEG7e2yX6ACEaAnV37

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ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Sep 29, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

Update to the Gridcoin Reward Mechanism Proposal

## Abstract A revised version of the proposed research reward mechanism described in [1] is presented. The updates to the mechanism are in response to real-world conditions that limit the normalizati…

21 upvotes 11 replies $0.76
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Jan 29, 2019, 9:09 PM UTC

Multi-Currency Economy and Gridcoin as the World's Largest, Decentralized, Green-Energy Powered Supercomputer

## Introduction We in the Gridcoin community promote our coin as an environmentally-friendly alternative to other cryptocurrencies, but the reality is that even our model of coin minting is insuffici…

105 upvotes 22 replies $0.68
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Nov 14, 2018, 9:02 PM UTC

Internal Hardware Optimization, Hardware Profiling Database, and Dynamic Work Unit Normalization

#### Abstract A GRC research reward distribution mechanism based on a normalization of work units (WU) is introduced. The motivations for this mechanism are described in [1], and this proposal genera…

40 upvotes 5 replies $0.74
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Feb 17, 2018, 5:09 PM UTC

Ranking GridCoin Projects + Introduction to Nash Equilibrium

Hi everyone: Following up on my previous posts, I'd like to explore the possibility of whitelisted ranking projects. This is the centralized approach to solving the incentive problems I have been wri…

20 upvotes 9 replies $2.33
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Feb 11, 2018, 5:52 PM UTC

Researching a FLOP and Energy Based Model for GridCoin Reward Mechanism

Summary: A model which distributes GRC directly proportional to FLOP contributions is proposed. This necessitates an equivalence between CPUs and GPUs; this is done on the basis of energy consumption…

28 upvotes 19 replies $3.92
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Feb 4, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

EDIT: Snapshot Worked, Find CPID Still Fails

Update: the snapshot got me synced. The problem in the image below is the same, except that it says that the sync check passes. Important thing is done, but if anyone has an answer to the other probl…

6 upvotes 16 replies $0.32
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Jan 30, 2018, 5:28 AM UTC

Why Are Incentives Important in the GridCoin Reward Mechanism?

# Introduction Hi GridCoin Community: In my last post, I wrote about why the current GridCoin reward mechanism - magnitude distribution - may not be the most optimal. In a recent post, @fortex pointe…

13 upvotes 21 replies $2.48
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Jan 26, 2018, 11:30 PM UTC

Towards an Incentive-Compatible Magnitude Distribution

Hi GridCoin Community: I am writing this post to address what I see as incentive problems inherent in the current magnitude distribution. I describe some of the problems, and touch on Total Credit De…

17 upvotes 15 replies $2.66
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Jan 25, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

Should Sourcefinder Be Delisted?

It seems terribly unfair and irresponsible at this point. Tens of thousands of GRC minted for almost no work. If we aren’t accountable for our blockchain, then who will be? Edit: I should point at th…

9 upvotes 4 replies $1.31
ILikeChocolate
@ilikechocolate Jan 18, 2018, 4:12 PM UTC

Wallet Upgrade Reverts to Original Upon Restart

Hi Gridcoin community: A few days ago, I upgraded my wallet to the leisure 3.7.1.0 version for MacOS. I recently restarted my computer and upon opening my wallet I found that it automatically reverte…

5 upvotes 7 replies $0.01