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It was, until most of those computers got a power-saving mode -- electricity is not free. Also, note that some things (like bitcoin mining) are so specialized t
by greglindahl 10y ago
It was, until most of those computers got a power-saving mode -- electricity is not free. Also, note that some things (like bitcoin mining) are so specialized that they run poorly on general-purpose cpus and gpus.
Still, there is a thriving set of "do this computation at home" projects: Folding@Home, SETI@Home, ...
- Razengan 10y agoWell now billions of people have phones, tablets and laptops combined, so each of them can contribute some negligible use of their CPU while they're plugged in and sleeping, and they'll still add up to a huge difference to various projects. I think something like this should be built into iOS/Android. You choose a single project to contribute to while your devices are idle, and you get some standardized currency/points based on how much computing you've donated.