Well finally made the grade and was able to sign in to steemit.
I Primarily wanted to come here to express my passion for GridCoin/BOINC and hopefully contribute to its success over the coming years.
I've had a passion for BOINC and distributed computing since the early days and believe GRC will bring more new imaginative people into the community.
I realise that using a crypto currency to to incentivise people to allow the use of their computer's idle time for research is for some a 'hard pill' to swallow. However the world is an ever changing ecosystem and we have to be more forward thinking in our approach to rewarding the public's generosity.
Contributors to BOINC are people who are excited with the concept of giving to a project that can benefit humanity, or finding out if we are not alone in the universe we are still trying to understand.
We have a need to attract more people to join the cause in increasing numbers and get them to stay in the community for the future. I believe the GridCoin BOINCing community will help do that.
I look forward to hearing the voices I already know from the last hangout and many new ones as well.
Until then – Keep on Crunching!