Assuming you want to be a researcher and do computing to earn coins (Dont need BOINC if you just want to it as a coin)
- Install BOINC
- Start the BOINC daemon service (this will need to run in the background in order to do computations to earn coins. In some installations it starts automatically on boot in the background, if not run the
/etc/init.d/boinc-client startcommand or/etc/init.d/boinc-client statusto check) - Run BOINC Manager. If it fails to run then do this:
- Add your current username to boinc group:
sudo usermod -a -G boinc [insert current user name here] - Edit this file and paste some random string in it as a password:
sudo nano /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
- In BOINC Manager, add a project you would like to compute e.g. Universe@home, which may require you to create a new account with them.
- Now install gridcoinresearch from ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gridcoin/gridcoin-stable
sudo apt install gridcoinresearch
- Start gridcoinresearch app, and wait till the software has synced with the network (maybe several hours)
- Once synced you will be able to start your Researcher role and get a beacon and cpid - Just carefully follow the instructions when you click on "needs attention"
If your PC gets wiped you may loose your coins! Keep a safe backup somewhere which is clearly labelled and dated.
- Export your wallet and config file from gridcoin app or copy from ~/.GridcoinResearch/ folder
- Save these somewhere safe, secure and private
- Install as per above on new PC
- On new PC launch gridcoin and immediately close it
- Backup your wallet an config on old PC, and close gridcoin on that pc (DONT simultaneously run two instances of gridcoin with same wallet!)
- Move config and wallet files to new PC folder (overwrite files in ~/.GridcoinResearch/`)
- Launch gridcoin on new PC and wait for sync