<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 06:36:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ilikechocolate/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Update to the Gridcoin Reward Mechanism Proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abstract   A revised version of the proposed research reward mechanism described in [1] is presented. The updates to the mechanism are in response to real-world conditions that limit the normalization]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/update-to-the-gridcoin-reward-mechanism-proposal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/update-to-the-gridcoin-reward-mechanism-proposal</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 21:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQNTRJsBAQ1AA21UwDkstMEzGxTo4oBpq3TQtpfnQEMt8ZuevNk436StmEzA1GNeM23M3BCz2JJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multi-Currency Economy and Gridcoin as the World's Largest, Decentralized, Green-Energy Powered Supercomputer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction   We in the Gridcoin community promote our coin as an environmentally-friendly alternative to other cryptocurrencies, but the reality is that even our model of coin minting is insufficient]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/multi-currency-economy-and-gridcoin-as-the-world-s-largest-decentralized-green-energy-powered-supercomputer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/multi-currency-economy-and-gridcoin-as-the-world-s-largest-decentralized-green-energy-powered-supercomputer</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gG2NWUBL8wUVbdrSwVWpp6CGkP99ZhsyZYd6cpw6TYyV66BMRSnsVYKTfCYHSoSKFozVtxWdKACKdbZNSF43Y2mBGPhapRoJwXxKBGXX7FdeWsvDgXtzv1xbJyL41eLnWTD22X2i2RCMzxK4wCDDqkQT645C2hU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internal Hardware Optimization, Hardware Profiling Database, and Dynamic Work Unit Normalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abstract   A GRC research reward distribution mechanism based on a normalization of work units (WU) is introduced. The motivations for this mechanism are described in [1], and this proposal generalizes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/internal-hardware-optimization-hardware-profiling-database-and-dynamic-work-unit-normalization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/internal-hardware-optimization-hardware-profiling-database-and-dynamic-work-unit-normalization</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ranking GridCoin Projects + Introduction to Nash Equilibrium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone: Following up on my previous posts, I'd like to explore the possibility of whitelisted ranking projects. This is the centralized approach to solving the incentive problems I have been writing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/ranking-gridcoin-projects-introduction-to-nash-equilibrium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/ranking-gridcoin-projects-introduction-to-nash-equilibrium</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYvVHKfbfFha64snDP5Ex77fYurWXRtTiRk7Rr1aKNkYACz53TL7YVaTRY5k8DoMzjaBRgzPeyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researching a FLOP and Energy Based Model for GridCoin Reward Mechanism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary: A model which distributes GRC directly proportional to FLOP contributions is proposed. This necessitates an equivalence between CPUs and GPUs; this is done on the basis of energy consumption,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/researching-a-flop-and-energy-based-incentive-compatible-model-for-gridcoin-reward-mechanism-pseudocode-included</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/researching-a-flop-and-energy-based-incentive-compatible-model-for-gridcoin-reward-mechanism-pseudocode-included</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZBBDExE6zKLUitHny787GbUZQsZxPguqbSNQhH1Hey2tnxrQRJL7oeZyh2mu3Vtii6S2MhTMyQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EDIT: Snapshot Worked, Find CPID Still Fails]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update: the snapshot got me synced. The problem in the image below is the same, except that it says that the sync check passes. Important thing is done, but if anyone has an answer to the other problem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/problems-with-syncing-any-suggestions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/problems-with-syncing-any-suggestions</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7fpfJ5m5Pk6ZaRwc14WMtjVWVYwXfGRFtRT1Y6M4ig2r9XRqibdYCmhE4bHdZzzjaFKSRHxiKx63Z2zQg9nPgXRae2wPJc3v4JSuXHfef6HUvJdH3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are Incentives Important in the GridCoin Reward Mechanism?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction   Hi GridCoin Community: In my last post, I wrote about why the current GridCoin reward mechanism - magnitude distribution - may not be the most optimal. In a recent post, @fortex pointed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/why-are-incentives-important-in-the-gridcoin-reward-mechanism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/why-are-incentives-important-in-the-gridcoin-reward-mechanism</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSzvsaGXXPBsqk2sVxMzMjYDDMhnqkHau5tQFPXEoAtf2xYaPHRkbPz5x6TJd9Me6YwKYrto5Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards an Incentive-Compatible Magnitude Distribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi GridCoin Community:    I am writing this post to address what I see as incentive problems inherent in the current magnitude distribution. I describe some of the problems, and touch on Total]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/towards-an-incentive-compatible-magnitude-distribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/towards-an-incentive-compatible-magnitude-distribution</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLRPjsM1uPXZuvARzQeXR3gBfvbngzeiXd5k7dtSQG9ZwyWcvXbQ886oKmBehKC5PsSjqHq8UYPLTc7Fcs821wgHdVg6Nxc8apDV8N6QYcofQb12bSWzJxaQfBkfa3y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Sourcefinder Be Delisted?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems terribly unfair and irresponsible at this point. Tens of thousands of GRC minted for almost no work. If we aren’t accountable for our blockchain, then who will be?    Edit: I should]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/should-sourcefinder-be-delisted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/should-sourcefinder-be-delisted</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:19:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wallet Upgrade Reverts to Original Upon Restart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Gridcoin community: A few days ago, I upgraded my wallet to the leisure 3.7.1.0 version for MacOS. I recently restarted my computer and upon opening my wallet I found that it automatically reverted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/wallet-upgrade-reverts-to-original-upon-restart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gridcoin/@ilikechocolate/wallet-upgrade-reverts-to-original-upon-restart</guid><category><![CDATA[gridcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ilikechocolate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:12:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>