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35 lines
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Gridcoin is an open source cryptocurrency (Ticker: GRC) which securely
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rewards volunteer computing performed on the BOINC platform. BOINC is
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an open source volunteer computing grid which combines the processing
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power of individual users for the purposes of scientific research.
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qrencode support is detected automatically; override with
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QRENC=no ./Gridcoin-Research.SlackBuild
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Miniupnpc (available on SBo) is optional for UPnP support. Run script as
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UPNP=yes ./Gridcoin-Research.SlackBuild
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You will need to edit the configuration file gridcoinresearch.conf
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in /etc/Gridcoin-Research/ and place it in your home directory
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~/.GridcoinResearch/ to provide the location of your boinc data
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and any other configurations that you require. For details, see
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https://wiki.gridcoin.us/Gridcoinresearch_config_file and in
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/usr/share/Gridcoin-Research-$VERSION/doc/
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Notes:
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1. New gridcoinsettings.json file
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This file contains settings changed by the node while running and
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settings stored in this file override the read-only settings in the
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gridcoinresearch.conf file (see changelog and documentation).
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2. Berkeley DB update
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Previous versions built against Slackware's Berkeley DB version 4.8.
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Since [5.4.2.0] 2023-03-26, leisure, "LaVerne", upstream source
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includes Berkeley DB version 5.3 in tree and will standardize all
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wallet.dat files to the bdb 5.3 format. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
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This ugrade will be completely transparent. Please review the
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release notes on
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https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research/releases
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