| General information | |
|---|---|
| Global rank: | 4932 |
| Name: |
Gridcoin |
| Symbol: | GRC |
| Current coin price (BTC): | 0.000000 BTC |
| Last hour: | arrow_upward0.350 % |
| Last 24 hours: | arrow_downward-0.690 % |
| Last 7 days: | 10.48 %trending_up |
| Capitalisation (BTC): | 0.000000 BTC |
| Volume 24h (BTC): | 0.078 BTC |
| Available supply: | 0.000000 GRC |
| Algorithm: | Scrypt |
| Proof type: | DPoR |
| Start date: | 03/11/2013 |
| Gridcoin (GRC) website: | http://www.gridcoin.us/ |
Gridcoin/Bitcoin (GRC/BTC) price chart
Gridcoin/Bitcoin (GRC/BTC) capitalisation and volume charts
GridCoin (GRC) is a coin with a mission - to compensate miners for participating in BOINC projects. The coin is a scrypt altcoin with difficulty retargetting every 30 minutes - a 2.5 minute block target and a hard cap of 168 million.
Gridcoin introduces a Proof-of-Research algorithm that gives computers something productive to do. Instead of racing to solve meaningless equations, Gridcoin miners Researchers work on problems such as finding cures to diseases, mapping genomes, or climate studies, and are compensated for their work. Gridcoin is not limited to any one program, algorithm, or type of hardware. BOINC supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.