Get Gridcoin added to ShapeShift

"ShapeShift is a Swiss web and API platform formed in August of 2014 to provide instant Bitcoin and altcoin conversion with the maximum level of consumer protection and efficiency.

Users do not have to create accounts, deposit funds, or provide private personal information. This keeps the users safe from identity or financial theft – a critical improvement in exchange technology.

The company has a strict “No Fiat” policy, meaning it does not use banks or political currencies anywhere in its operations."

Gridcoin is currently not listed on ShapeShift as a currency that you can exchange with. This morning I have started a little campaign to get ShapeShift to include Gridcoin in the list of Cryptocurrencies that they do carry.

If you would like to help encourage ShapeShift to include Gridcoin in their list of currencies, please fill out the form and request that they do include Gridcoin in the future.

Form Address - https://shapeshift.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Thank you!! With your help we will continue to grow Gridcoin !!

Cheers!

Free Gridcoin - How to get free gridcoin online

There are several ways to gather free gridcoins or GRC online to start or increase your gridcoin wallet balance. Many new people just getting into researching gridcoin ask where they can get some. Unlike bitcoin BTC, there are not a lot of free gridcoin faucets.

Right now, especially if you are new to gridcoin and are setting up your wallet, going to the IRC Chat is an excellent way to get free gridcoin.

Gridcoin wallet balance

Inside the IRC Chat is a free game that you can play, where you do nothing, yes, NOTHING to get free coins. The game is called Gridcoin Idle RPG and is started by simply opening the channel inside the IRC chat when you first get there. The instructions to play the Gridcoin Idle RPG include a link to player stats, and reward you (see rewards) for your idleness.

Inside the gridcoin IRC chat, you will find that on a regular basis, people come into the chat and "make it rain" gridcoin. The tipbot inside the IRC includes a system where anyone can tip anyone else in the channel. In addition, members of the chat can make it rain gridcoin on a number of active participants at one time.

If you join the IRC chat, you might find not only very helpful people willing to answer questions to help you set up your gridcoin wallet, but also point you to resources for boinc, and give you suggestions on equipment.

There is a one time free donation from the gridcoin community to help you get started, called the Gridcoin Pool. There are specific things you must do to use the pool, and it is a one time only thing, but it may give you a nice donation to help you get started.




Here are two links to Cryptspout's free gridcoin faucet - Hourly (1 time per hour) - Daily (1 time per 24 hours) .  This has been a consistent and reliable source of free gridcoin for me, and it pays quickly. You can set your own limits on what balance you want to build up before they pay you as well.

Another great source for starter coins is to ask established gridcoin researchers for coins on the forums. Starter Coins for Beginners at Cryptocointalk, where you can introduce yourself, post your wallet address, and request coins.

Once you have your gridcoin wallet up and running, and are running boinc doing research, consider joining the pool. Even if you have few gridcoin ( GRC ) and relatively low magnitude, you will be able to start getting payments earlier then if you went solo. A low gridcoin ( GRC ) balance and a low magnitude makes it hard to start generating coins, the pool helps offset that. New Gridcoin.co Pool ( currently Beta ) 

Finally is the Gridcoin Asia Faucet - You can get between 0.1 and 1.0 gridcoin every 6 hours!

I hope you find these links to free gridcoin faucet and donation links useful. Good luck and welcome to gridcoin !!

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This article was published in October this year, I am hoping that they will update and continue to follow Gridcoin GRC as it continues to grow and get new members contributing research.



Cheers!

Gridcoin References

List of my favorite and daily gridcoin reference pages

Gridcoin free Faucet list - where to get free starter coins 

• CryptoCoins for free - A page of links including Gridcoins ( 1 hourly, 1 daily link to GRC )
• The Asian Gridcoin Faucet - Once every 6 hours you can request free gridcoins
• The "official" Gridcoin Faucet for starter coins - works only once and you must be set up first. 
• The Kiwi IRC Chat room - Here Gridcoin users, and some of the contributing authors of the wallet and the systems around Gridcoin come to answer your questions. There is a game listed in the header when you log in called Gridcoin Idle, where you do nothing for free GRC or gridcoins.

There were previously other faucets listed in google, however none of those GRC or gridcoin faucets ever paid me anything. 

Gridcoin specific forums - Where to find answers to specific questions for find more information

• Gridcoin GRC forum on Cryptocointalk
• Gridcoin Finance message board - Gridcoin Finance is a side project of gridcoin but worth checking into. 
• Gridcoin GRC on Reddit
• Gridcoin GRC on Twitter

Charts - Data - Information - Statistics

• Alan Couch - Created a great set of charts that can be used to work on improving your magnitude or just to find out information in general. 
• Gridcoin GRC stats on BoincStats
• How many researchers are in each block? Check this chart.

Welcome to Gridcoin Adventure, my new google blog dedicated to recording and publishing information relating to the new cryptocurrency, Gridcoin. 

The biggest reason that I am starting this blog is to help promote the use of gridcoins, gridcoin wallets, and inspire others interested in citizen science and boinc, to participate in the gridcoin project. 

I am relatively new to gridcoins. I found out about them from a banner ad placed on top of the BoincStats website, where I checked my own progress using boinc. 

What are gridcoins? What can be done with gridcoins? Can you spend gridcoins? Can you buy gridcoins? Can you create, or mine, gridcoins? 

The purpose of this blog is to explore all these questions and more, so read on, follow, tweet, give us a link on your facebook, and most of all, become informed, and join in!! You can do great things to help this community, and help yourself, and science, all at the same time.

Cheers!