@dutch It's great to have a scientist taking charge and being a big proponent of Gridcoin. As a person who always wanted to be a scientist but never had the chance it's also great for me to be able to participate in science.
Question: What do your fellow co-workers and other people in the field think of Gridcoin/Boinc? Have you ever discussed the projects and what you are doing with them?
@vortac Thanks for being such a great guy and giving us so many upvotes in the Gridcoin community and helping to grow the coin.
Question: What content aren't you seeing that you would like to see more of on Steem or other platforms? What do you think is most helpful to grow the coin in the long run?
Hi atlantictech, thank you for the questions! I think it is important more scientists and researchers support BOINC and GRC, as in the end it propels our work.
They love it and think the idea is fantastic. The statistician in our office actually works part time for a crypto exchange doing marketing, so we are all pretty clued up on crypto. All my coworkers see POW as detrimental to society and the planet in the long run.
Do you mean the BOINC projects? Sure! I currently have the hardware on Einstein@home because we all think it is the most interesting, despite being the least efficient for earning GRC. Advancing science is the goal here. As a side note, we get a lot of interns and they always leave as converts to spread the word of BOINC and GRC. =)
Awesome! Great to hear that they are into it. I was more hoping that the more researchers and institutions that use distributed computing and make it become more mainstream will also bring more focus onto Gridcoin coming not only from crypto enthusiasts but also making more news articles focus on the advances it has helped create.
It looks like Steemit probably needs more simple, everyday content to become fully mainstream. I think it's got plenty of quality content right now, more than I can read in any case, but mainstream users probably don't want to read about crypto all day long.
Most helpful thing for the growth of any coin is of course demand. How to actually create demand is a more complex question - apparently, the prevailing solution is to inflate ANY demand you might actually have and multiply it with hype, PR and marketing. In the long run things will probably change though.
This is what I was thinking. It appears that steemit is focused more on Crypto and the majority of the posters here are really into it which can be intimidating for new comers.
I have posted some other basic content, some about Travel and some about electronics. Both have received far fewer upvotes and engagement than my Gridcoin content. I feel like a fundamental shift will have to happen in order for Steemit to become a viable platform in the future and maintain growth outside the crypto space.
Yes, it's very difficult to get any attention while posting about non-crypto things or even outside your usual crypto-community. However, when you build up your reputation (and wallet), you can generally get upvotes on broader scope of subjects. That can take time though.
Fundamental shift is happening, thousands and thousands of people are getting into crypto every day and investing into their favorite altcoin. Where to blog about it and find community who will support you, even financially (through upvotes)? Steemit is becoming an obvious answer to that.