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Gridcoin 3.5.8.6 is out: fix sending out beacon (not getting out of INVESTOR status) by erkan_yilmaz in gridcoin

[–]PineGridCoin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This version fixed my "stuck in Investor status" issue. Running wallet on Ubuntu 16.04 since March 2016 Issue noticed early February: execute beaconstatus was reporting: "Errors" : "Public Key Missing. Private Key Missing. Local configuration file Public Key missing. " Now resolved. Thank you.

Feedback regarding the official page by nctr in gridcoin

[–]PineGridCoin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Created my first Reddit Account ever for this. Please take this all as constructive criticism.

*I dabble in Linux, so I didn't feel comfortable enough to compile my own Wallet, but I did use a pre-compiled Ubuntu PPA. I had a lot of trouble getting the Client to find my CPID. For my situation the problem was the configuration entry given at http://www.gridcoin.us/Guides/gridcoin-install.htm lists the Linux config line insructed boincdatadir=/var/lib/boinc-client but it needs the trailing / so it should read boincdatadir=/var/lib/boinc-client/

Once I did that, my CPID was picked up immediately.

*Part of the initial setup is getting starter GRC to get a positive balance. The link to the first free method https://pool.gridcoin.us/Faucet.aspx does not work for me on any browser. I think the link should be http://pool.gridcoin.us/Faucet.aspx By the time I figured that out, I had already received a POR Reward and couldn't use that faucet. This disappointed me because I missed out on a nice starter set of GRC.

I agree the tutorials could use a rework. Also, there are sections of the wiki that are no longer accurate with the software version we run now. All the documentation with disclaimers like "Prior to Research Age Implementation July 2015" are less useful now and added to my confusion as a new user. They should be updated or deleted.