Thank you for telling your story @scalextrix! I'm glad you persevered with it :) I imagine things were difficult back in the early days - I remember how much trouble I had with Bitcoin mining back then.. like you said, not worth diverting your computer from BOINC work!
Very glad you persevered with it, staked your newbie block and became a large contributor to this community - thank you for taking the time to reply!
RE: Good Morning Gridcoin - Bloomberg Tech' Mention & My GRC Origin Story