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Rewrite language on multiple machines FAQ to make things clearer
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barton2526 authored Aug 28, 2023
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### Can I crunch BOINC on multiple machines? Do I need to install the wallet on each of them?

You only need one wallet for each BOINC e-mail address/CPID (Cross Project
Identifier). Your reward is
based on the credit on your CPID. You can crunch on as many devices as you want under a
single e-mail account and only need a single wallet to receive your reward. You must be running the wallet on a
machine that has BOINC installed and is associated with *all* BOINC
projects you would like to get credit for (they can be set to not
retrieve new work if you don't want to crunch them on that machine).

You can install the wallet on as many other machines as you'd like, but only one wallet should be in "solo crunching" mode for each e-mail address used for BOINC. Put the other wallets in "investor" mode.
Yes. The typical setup is to have one machine with the wallet in solo crunching mode and
BOINC. BOINC should be attached to <b>all</b> projects you are crunching, though you can
set any projects you don't want to crunch on that machine to "no new tasks". You can install
BOINC on as many other devices as you want, so long as you use the same e-mail address for
BOINC, you will receive credit for that work. There is no need to install the wallet on
the other machines, and doing so may cause you problems.

Multiple wallets: If you want Gridcoin installed on multiple devices, such as for identity
seperation purposes, make sure that each wallet is a <i>seperate</i> wallet (do not copy a wallet.dat from one machine and try to run it on another), and that you only have <b>one</b> wallet in solo crunching mode for each e-mail address/CPID you use for BOINC. Any other wallets should be set to "investor" mode. Being in "solo crunching" mode means the wallet
will make beacons and attempt to "claim" a BOINC e-mail address/CPID. If you have multiple wallets competing for this claim, it will get messy quickly.

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### Instead of discussing every single BOINC project to be added, is there any shared guidelines to be used for accepting or rejecting them?
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