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@xaqfields

I'm just crunchin' for science, over here.

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@xaqfields Nov 4, 2017, 2:20 AM UTC

AC Infinity Cloudline T6 - My Solution to the "Hot Miner Basement Blues"

I've been running two mining rigs in my basement for a few months now, with a total of eight high-end graphics cards (4x GTX 1080Ti, 3x GTX 1080, 1x GTX 1070). Back in July and August, it didn't both…

29 upvotes 11 replies $2.42
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@xaqfields Aug 3, 2017, 12:13 AM UTC

Why Gridcoin Should Embrace SPARC "Competition"

If you've been hanging around the Gridcoin SubReddit page recently, you probably noticed a very intriguing post titled: "Start Collecting Ethereum Tokens for BOINC Work" The original poster is from a…

10 upvotes 22 replies $3.91
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@xaqfields Jul 28, 2017, 4:30 PM UTC

Formalizing a "Poll Etiquette" Document for Gridcoin Blockchain Polls

I have created two polls since I obtained my 100,000th Gridcoin a few weeks ago, and I've learned one fundamental truth about Gridcoin polls..... We need to create a "Poll Etiquette" document for act…

20 upvotes 1 replies $3.51
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@xaqfields Jul 23, 2017, 2:20 AM UTC

The Great Debate: Lifting the Gridcoin Team Requirement

In preparation for the writing of this Steemit article, I created a poll on the Gridcoin blockchain that technically runs a few more days, although I feel I have enough data at this point with 94 tot…

35 upvotes 12 replies $5.90
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@xaqfields Jul 16, 2017, 8:27 PM UTC

Why I Vote "No" On Adding Projects to the Gridcoin Whitelist If they Do Not have Sufficient Work-Units

A Reddit user was kind enough to do a bit of research on some of the projects that are currently proposed to be added to the Gridcoin whitelist. I'll link them here: - Voting on Xansons - Voting on E…

15 upvotes 7 replies $3.75
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@xaqfields Jul 12, 2017, 1:09 AM UTC

Gridcoin Issue Breakdown: "Wealth" Disparity

In my second installment of Gridcoin Issue Breakdown, I want to talk about the issue of "wealth" disparity. A major topic of conversation in Gridcoin recently deals with what we in the crypto world r…

21 upvotes 21 replies $3.86
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@xaqfields Jul 10, 2017, 10:35 PM UTC

How I got my 100,000th Gridcoin Today Due to a Generous Fellow Gridcoiner

I was so pumped last night because I had about 99,850 Gridcoins and since I'm mining about 225/day I was sure to hit 100,000 today. I woke up this morning and we are having blockchain issues so unfor…

27 upvotes 15 replies $3.02
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@xaqfields Jul 9, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

GridCoin Issue Breakdown: Voting Weight

Recently, user @Erkan posted a nice summation of many of the issues that are being discussed regarding GridCoin. There's a whole lot going on in that topic, so I thought I would kick off a series of…

10 upvotes 1 replies $2.49
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@xaqfields Jul 8, 2017, 10:22 PM UTC

Advertising GridCoin in the Post Team Requirement World

I listened in on the GridCoin hangout this afternoon over on the Mumble channel. This being my first time, I thought it would be better if I just listened to what the others had to say, and get a fee…

26 upvotes 10 replies $9.43
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@xaqfields Jul 3, 2017, 10:27 PM UTC

CryptoCurrency Market Cap does not Equal The Value of The Underlying "Business"

I see this mistake made all too often when people are looking at a CryptoCurrency they want to invest in: they look at the market cap of the coin and they make a comment like "well, a distributed sto…

13 upvotes 2 replies $4.79