If you decide to participate in the gridcoin community please join all of us regulars on IRC at #gridcoin on freenode. You will find many helpful people there who are well versed in gridcoin and boinc, who can help you with any problems, answer questions, and in general just hang out with. There is no telling what you will learn from us just hanging out, since many of us have deep tech backgrounds, and we tend to discuss many things.

Even if you aren't active in crypto currencies but participate in the boinc network you should really consider joining the gridcoin family to get rewarded for your contributions to science!