Gridcoin is an open source cryptocurrency (Ticker: GRC) which securely rewards volunteer computing performed on the BOINC platform. BOINC is an open source volunteer computing grid which combines the processing power of individual users for the purposes of scientific research. QT5, qrencode and miniupnpc are optional (available on SBo) to build GUI, QR and UPnP support. QT5 will be detected automatically, for the others, run script as QRENC=yes ./Gridcoin-Research.SlackBuild UPNP=yes ./Gridcoin-Research.SlackBuild You will need to edit the configuration file gridcoinresearch.conf in /etc/Gridcoin-Research/ and place it in your home directory ~/.GridcoinResearch/ to provide the location of your boinc data and any other configurations that you require. For details, see https://wiki.gridcoin.us/Gridcoinresearch_config_file **NOTE: Recommended Leisure update**