Breaking the 1 GRC/day barrier!

I'm still not 100% sure how I came across Gridcoin but it was while struggling to get a Monero node operational. Whilst furiously Googling to figure out why the damn blockchain wouldn't sync I stumbled upon a reference to Gridcoin. "What is this?" I thought to myself. Further investigation led me to http://www.gridcoin.us/ where I learned that I could harness my idle computing power (meager as it was) to solve infinitely complex mathematical problems or calculating asteroid trajectories or even deciphering alien communications (I believe in you SETI).

I was at a crossroads. My eight CPU and one antiquated GPU rig could run 24/7 trying to be the first to find a Monero block (estimated time 552 days), or I could do my bit for science and a better future by "mining" Gridcoin. My first thought was to hedge my bets. I would run them concurrently and see what was what. I joined Team Gridcoin and set my hardware to work, only to find an estimated haul per day of 0.1 GRC. This was disheartening to say the least. Surely my hardware wasn't THAT bad? I hit the Steemit groups and found the #Gridcoin community where I ran into Hive account@dutch who assured me that my RAC and magnitude would grow over time. And it did. My operation has been running for about two weeks now and I've just broken the 1 GRC per day threshold. I doubt it's even halfway covering the electricity bill but in this time where science is under attack and a disheartening number of people still believe the Earth is flat I want to do as much as I can to help. My system now exclusively runs BOINC as much of the day as possible.

I've earned about 10 GRC so far pool mining through GRCpool and as soon as I hit a hundred I will try my hand at solo mining and staking. Hopefully the new GPU I'm getting in October will boost capacity significantly.

Until then I will do what I can with what I have to keep the darkness at bay for just a little while longer.