Gridcoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient cryptocurrency, rewarding BOINC work. Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, PPCoin and NovaCoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake help further advance the field of cryptocurrency. The Gridcoin Client downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Gridcoin transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
To download Gridcoin, visit gridcoin.us.
- See the documentation at the Gridcoin Wiki for help and more information.
- A lot of features core features are based on Bitcoin and have been documented on the Bitcoin Wiki
- For general questions, please visit our Discord server at https://discord.gg/UMWUnMjN4x
- Ask for help or discuss on #gridcoin on Libera Chat
- You can also join us on Slack
The following are developer notes on how to build Gridcoin on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.
- CMake Build Options
- OS X Build Notes
- Unix Build Notes
- Windows Build Notes
- Windows (MSYS2) Build Notes
- FreeBSD Build Notes
- OpenBSD Build Notes
To create a secure environment for running Gridcoin see:
The Gridcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
Distributed under the MIT software license. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard. Look at Assets Attribution for details.
Copyright (c) 2013 NovaCoin Developers Copyright (c) 2011-2012 PPCoin Developers