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<h1><center>GRIDCOIN - STATE of the NETWORK</center>
<center>Report #46 - February 17th, 2020</center></h1>
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Welcome to another Gridcoin State of the Network! The SotN is usually published on the 3rd Monday of every month. For more information on the happenings within the Gridcoin network be sure to check out the other reports put together by the community!
@crypto-swiss’s monthly reports
@parejan’s weekly project updates
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<center><h1>News</h1></center>
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<h4>[8 Issues Closed](https://github.com/gridcoin-community/Gridcoin-Research/milestone/8?closed=1)</h4>
There have been 8 issues closed for the Fern milestone (the “team requirement removal… and so much more” update).
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<h4>[Help Search for Covid19 Drug Candidates](https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/f580ne/help_fight_corona_virus_with_rosettahome/)</h4>
Rosetta@Home is helping search for drug candidates to fight the novel coronavirus! Toss them some cycles if you’d like to join the fight.
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<center><h3>Live Community Discussions</h3></center>
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**The Gridcoin Fireside**
There has been one Fireside hosted since last report. It covers the entire DeSci system.
You get to decide what’s in store for the rest of the season. All you have to do is join the [Gridcoin Discord server](https://discord.gg/jf9XX4a) every Thursday at 8pm EST and participate in the discussion!
You can listen to all episodes at the website
<h4>https://gridcoin.science</h4>
Or on [LBRY](https://open.lbry.com/@GridcoinNetwork:2), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/2JiqnrwAqGNGgmC1WTQNgV?si=T86_1weFQTmixdN9SpoRMg), [Apple podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gridcoin-fireside/id1493713339), Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
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**BOINC Radio**
On this podcast, @jringo and @Delta1512 discuss BOINC, BOINC developments, BOINC projects, the BOINC community & network, and SCIENCE with the live “studio” audience. To join the discussion, connect to the [BOINCNetwork Discord server](https://discord.gg/wPRafUq) every Friday at 4pm EST and say hello.
There have been three episodes of the BOINC Radio podcast since last report:
BOINC Radio 04 - FAQ and Gamification
BOINC Radio 05 - Viruses, Bacteria, and ASCIs
BOINC Radio 06 - Viruses and Valentines Day BOINCing
You can listen to all episodes at the website
<h4>https://boinc.network</h4>
Or on [LBRY](https://lbry.tv/@BOINCNetwork:c), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/30EtN42RCSUPPC3OvUO2lM), [Apple podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boinc-radio/id1492837872), Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
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**Project brief**
On this podcast, @Delta1512 introduces specific BOINC projects joined by his trusty side-kick, @jringo. To join the discussion, ask questions, or just listen live, connect to the [BOINCNetwork Discord server](https://discord.gg/wPRafUq) every other Friday at 4pm EST and say hello.
There has been one episode of the Project brief since last report:
Project brief - iThena Explained
You can listen to all episodes at the website
<h4>https://boinc.network</h4>
Or on [LBRY](https://lbry.tv/@BOINCNetwork:c), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/30EtN42RCSUPPC3OvUO2lM), [Apple podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boinc-radio/id1492837872), Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!
<center><h3>Hot Discussion Threads</h3></center>
[Best way to move to solo mining](https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/ezbuvz/best_way_to_move_to_solo_mining/)
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<center><h1>STATISTICS UPDATE</h1></center>
<center>**The stats update is divided into 2 sections: _Blockchain Statistics_ and _BOINC Statistics_.**</center>
Every month we bring you the most up to date statistics regarding the operation of the Gridcoin blockchain and Gridcoin BOINC projects. The information is gathered from Sunday to Saturday on a fortnightly basis and compiled from the _getblockstats_ RPC command in the Gridcoin wallet, Gridcoin Oracle, [BOINCStats](http://boincstats.com/), [GRCPool](https://www.grcpool.com/report/pool), [Gridcoin Stats](https://www.gridcoinstats.eu/superblock), and from individual project websites.
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<h2>BLOCKCHAIN STATISTICS</h2>
<h4>Blockchain statistics from 1/January to 31/January</h4>The table below contains the blockchain statistics and covers blocks 1,806,789 to 1,834,254.
<h4>Blockchain charts</h4>The charts below contain the longer term blockchain trends.
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<h2>BOINC STATISTICS</h2>
<h4>Team and pool statistics from 1/January to 31/January</h4>The table below contains BOINC team and pool statistics for the month of January.
<h4>Team and pool charts</h4>The team and pool charts contain the longer term team and pool trends.</h4>
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**This concludes the 46th Gridcoin State of the Network Report. We’ll see you in a month. Happy crunching!**
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