_I'm playing catch-up with episodes, so I'll be posting backwards starting with the most recent recording from October 4th._
<h1>The Link</h1>
[The Fireside Chat 28 - Gridcoin, Science, and Incentive Based Economics](https://youtu.be/PtnOBNcPqHY)
<h3>Summary</h3>
This week we discuss science, gamification, and incentives, and how Gridcoin fits into those worlds.
|Time|Topic|
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|3:00-18:50|<h3>News</h3><br>**---Gridcoin---**<br>DHEP Whitelisted<br>October Team Challenges<br>coinswitch.co<br>[blockexplorer](https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@neuralminer/gridcoin-open-source-block-explorer-released)<br><br>**---Science---**<br>[LHC](https://home.cern/about/updates/2018/09/lhcb-experiment-discovers-two-perhaps-three-new-particles)<br>[WCG: Outsmart Ebola Together](https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=576)<br>[New Planet](https://www.space.com/41995-dwarf-planet-the-goblin-discovery-planet-nine.html)<br><br>**---Blockchain---**<br>[Barcelona Launches Blockchain Currency](https://www.trustnodes.com/2018/10/04/barcelona-launches-blockchain-currency)<br>[Ethereum's Constantinople Hard Fork Hits the Testnet Next Week](https://nulltx.com/ethereums-constantinople-hard-fork-hits-the-testnet-next-week/)<br><br>**CBR Update** - [Testnet Episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXPV496jOg)
|18:50|Gridcoin, Science, and Incentive Based Economics|
|18:50-24:30|Introduction|
|24:30-31:00|What is gamification|
|31:00-34:00|From gamification to monetization|
|34:00-37:30|The problems with gamification and monetization|
|37:30|Solutions to the problems|
<h3>Next Episode</h3>
Join us for the next episode on Thursday, October 11th, at 8:00pm EST, midnight UTC, on the Gridcoin discord.
**Topic: Happy Birthday Gridcoin! A look back over the years. A look ahead.**
See you soon!
[Gridcoin Discord](https://discord.me/page/gridcoin)
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<h1>What is Gridcoin?</h1>
Gridcoin is an open-source blockchain that mints and distributes cryptocurrency in relation to the processing power a network participant directs toward data-driven analysis and scientific discovery. Currently, the Gridcoin blockchain is secured through a proof-of-stake protocol and monitors processing contributions to the distributed computing infrastructure, BOINC. BOINC, the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, hosts major institutional computing projects such as IBM’s World Community Grid, SETI, and data from the Large Hadron Collider, alongside projects developed by students, enthusiasts, mathematicians, researchers, and citizen scientists.
<h1>Want to Learn More?</h1>
Website: https://gridcoin.us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GridcoinNetwork
Discord: https://discord.me/page/gridcoin
Steemit: https://steemit.com/created/gridcoin
White Paper: https://gridcoin.us/assets/img/whitepaper.pdf
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Codebase: https://github.com/gridcoin/Gridcoin-Research
Community: https://github.com/gridcoin-community