Volunteer computing (VC) is the use of consumer digital devices, such as desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones, for high-throughput scientific computing. Device owners participate in VC by installing a program that downloads and executes jobs from servers operated by science projects. You can read a paper by one of the most known developers for volunteer computing platforms here. - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10723-019-09497-9.pdf
8 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Coleslaw
Microsoft recently came up with a Power Shell script to launch a sand boxed virtual machine using Hyper-V that downloads and installs Folding@home. However, their script attaches you to their team and does not use a passkey. Anyone running their scri...
24 Mar 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Coleslaw
Gridcoin is in the process of Whitelisting all BOINC teams to allow them to earn Gridcoin rewards. [H]ard|OCP has been whitelisted (though WCG has not yet been due to the team name being different there) so make sure to join our team. You can search...
22 Mar 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Coleslaw
Propelled by average enthusiasts in their shared quest to defeat COVID-19, the Folding@Home network is now pushing out 470 PetaFLOPS of raw compute power. To put that in perspective, that's twice as fast as Summit, the world's fastest supercomputer,...
18 Mar 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Coleslaw
Stanford University houses a long standing distributed computing project known as Folding@home. Recently it has begun aiding scientists with the Coronavirus. The community outpooring has been significant. So significant, that their project servers ar...
27 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Coleslaw
We need your help! Folding@home is joining researchers around the world working to better understand the 2019 Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to accelerate the open science effort to develop new life-saving therapies. By downloading Folding@Home, you can do...
25 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Coleslaw
I previously posted here about a way users could help in the fight against the Corona Virus using their computers. We don't have good news. We have GREAT news! Thank you to all R@h volunteers for your contributions to help accurately model importan...
17 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Coleslaw
If you are concerned about the recent Corona virus breakout and would like to help out more than just shoveling money at a non-profit, here is a great opportunity to help. You can run a piece of software on your computer called BOINC which stands for...
11 Feb 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Coleslaw
I have a few videos aiding in the process of setting up BiblePay. If you find the videos helpful, please subscribe, like, and share as it does help out a lot. The first video is a simple wallet install. This second video walks you through the proc...
22 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Coleslaw
For those that would like their computing resources to go towards something positive and useful rather than just generating heat, you may want to consider supporting humanitarian research through the World Community Grid. In the process, you can earn...
22 Jan 2020 2 minute read 7 comments Coleslaw
For those that would like their computing resources to go towards something positive and useful rather than just generating heat, you may want to consider supporting humanitarian research through the World Community Grid. In the process, you can earn...
