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In the 11 or so years of bitcoin existence, it has become thousands of orders of magnitude harder to computer a bitcoin solution. Especially since most projects are either roughly a fixed unit of energy or improve as pcs get better, while mining arbitrarily scales to keep the flow of money consistent. Almost all of the project work I do doesn't affect me in any way or I don't really understand super well, but I still find it interesting.Īnd I would rather have some project not get any results vs bitcoin mining, which while you get money from it you could possibly argue is a bigger waste of resources. I mean in fairness, some of the problems are computed the way they are because we literally don't have a better way to do so, as far as I understand. I'd say boinc is definitely not perfect, but it is the sweet spot to be an incentive for crunchers to donate CPU time and help science. the latter you have some results to return. would you, for example rather give 15$ to a project to 'improve their code' or invest 15$ in electricity to crunch it as it is? the first 15$ you'll get nothing in return to show for. a LOT of people (me included) need an 'incentive' to donate. so was it a waste? I tend to disagree.Īlso there is the aspect of donations. like seti - they did not find a thing, but it lead to greater understanding on what NOT to look for. Science has also a lot to do with finding things that do NOT work.Įspecially in the beginning. some projects improve and change their models over time. If there was a way to build a model that does not rely on brute force, it would be implemented.

'it' being also a way to donate money for science in small batches. it would be a waste if there was an alternative way of doing it. Prove me wrong that boinc isn't a waste if you disagree with me Like 500 megawatts at least and more likely over a gigawatt.

Ironic that some of these projects to make the world better are actually wasting energy and contributing to c02 emissions Before someone says boinc electric usage is insignificant, it's not. There is a direct correlation between electricity usage and increased c02 emissions from power plants. I think you should be careful which projects you chose to run because most don't do anything with the results and you are generating 99.999% statistical trash that doesn't get used.

#Boinc projects and cannabinoids code#

In computing you don't need to brute force solutions, you can get much better results by optimizing your code and coding efficiently. Look at How many trillions of galaxy spin model has it generated by now and what was the point. I have participated in and watched these projects for 10 years and the majority of them basically waste all the computational power.

#Boinc projects and cannabinoids for free#

Boinc projects do because they take advantage of the endless cpu power for free and a handful of grad students are the only ones who manage the projects with no incentive to improve anything because they are busy as students. Traditional supercomputers would not run this work because of how loose it is, it wouldn't be worth it. Millions of cpu and gpu cores times 50-150watts each to essentially brute force molecular dynamics simulations in an unfocused way. If your devices are running hot, and you can't add cooling, you can reduce heat by limiting the amount of CPU BOINC is permitted to use.ĭoes this sidebar need an addition or correction? Tell me here You run the risk of seriously damaging the components, or even starting a fire.

✻ Smokey says: clean exterior surfaces with a broom, not a hose, to fight climate change! Be smart with your electronics, never operate them with inadequate ventilation. Users can decide which projects they participate in, using the free and open-source BOINC client software. A subreddit dedicated to all things BOINC, a platform enabling the public to volunteer their computer's processing capability towards research projects distributed across the globe.