If you have been involved in BOINC and Gridcoin for a while, you know how frustrating CPID issues can be. They are a major barrier to new users getting started with Gridcoin.

Gridcoin issues rewards on the basis of a user’s CPID. When a user creates an account at a BOINC project, the project creates a CPID. These CPIDs are all different. The BOINC client then helps projects “converge” on the oldest CPID, but this process can take days. SCI’s advocacy helped get this issue partially fixed some months ago (BOINC client now automatically selects the “oldest” as the CPID to converge on and doesn’t change CPID even if that project is removed). But there’s more to be done!

SCI has created a $300 bounty payable to anybody who can solve CPID issues for good. The requested code would add a feature to the wallet which would automatically solve CPID issues and force the BOINC client to sync with projects.

You can see the bounty and donate GRC, ETH, or BTC directly to it here. You can donate regular fiat currency to our bounty program on our website. Plus, you get a fun tax deduction as SCI is a 501©(3) non-profit organization!

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