--- # Gridcoin Community Classroom #008 --- ## Need some $GRC to get your wallet going? We will be giving away 5 FREE GRC to anyone that needs it, up to 100 GRC per hangout! Free Gridcoins are provided by the other members of the hangout as a kind gesture from the community. --- ## What is Gridcoin? Gridcoin securely rewards [BOINC](https://boinc.berkeley.edu/) computation on top of Proof of Stake. Reward allocation is distributed, not centralized unlike other distributed computing related cryptocurrencies. More info: https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@cm-steem/gridcoin-securely-rewarding-boinc-computation-on-top-of-pos/ --- ## All about forks! What are they? How to fix one. Do you even need to fix it? How to check. Come for the FREE $GRC... stay for the knowledge. ## Live voice support will commence afterwards. New and old users alike are encouraged to join. :) --- ## Where can I listen to these things?

## Last Hangout details 049 RSVP & Topic suggestion thread ## Last Classroom details Gridcoin Classroom 007 thread ## Gridcoin Classroom #008 will be held on: February 10, 2018 @ 6pm UTC. [Compare 6pm UTC to your time zone!](http://everytimezone.com/#2018-02-10,360,c8l) --- ## How to join the Gridcoin Classroom ### Step 1: Download Mumble. [[Desktop](https://www.mumble.com/), [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morlunk.mumbleclient.free), [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mumble/id443472808?mt=8)] ### Step 2: https://youtu.be/oQSilwOySU8 ### Step 3: Configure Mumble & join the server! You will be initially greeted by a series of servers. Ignore them, and add ours manually. :) Label: BeyondBitcoin - Gridcoin Address: mumble.grcnode.co.uk or mumble.beyondboinc.net (IP = 149.210.187.155) Port: 64738 Username: Enter your username, try to pick one people will recognize you by - i.e. your IRC username Password: w0rldCh@NG3rsUN!t3 ### Step 4: Join the Gridcoin channel! ### Step 5: Configure your audio wizard & ***setup Push-To-Talk***. --- A massive shout out to the BeyondBitcoin community & @officialfuzzy for providing the Gridcoin community a room in their mumble server for free. And to @fkinglag, for helping me produce the Classrooms and Hangouts, and getting our message seen in more places. :D Thanks for reading, and follow me for more Gridcoin-related updates!