Step-by-Step Guide:
- Download and install the Byteball wallet client (lightweight wallet). If you need help with installation, check out this installation video.
- Open Byteball wallet client. Agree to the terms of service, choose between a full or light wallet (light wallet recommend) and give a wallet name. Afterward, your wallet is fully set up.
- Click on the “Chat” tab in the bottom of the client.
- On next view, click on the “Bot Store” tab above and choose “World Community Grid linking bot.” On the following page, click on “Add Bot” button.
- Now the bot view opens. The bot asks for your language. Choose it by clicking on your language.
- The bot will show your username in form of “Byteball_.” Copy the username and leave the wallet/bot open.
- Sign up on WorldCommunityGrid by providing your username (from the bot), email address and password.
- Choose projects you wish to spend processing power for.
- Download, install and set up open-source BOINC software (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing).
- Click on this link to get to the Byteball’s team page and click the join button.
- Go back to bot in Byteball wallet and click “Check my account.” The bot validates your WCG sign up. If everything is fine, you got a success message.
- Now you finally need to link your Byteball address to get payments. Go to “Receive” in the bottom tab and copy your address.
- Go back to bot and paste your address. You receive a message that your address was linked successfully.
- When you run the BOINC software, it automatically retrieves, downloads, processes and uploads tasks. You do not have to do anything further, just let the software run. Based on the amount of your computer’s completed tasks you will get an automatic daily payout of Bytes to your wallet from the bot .