There's Gridcoin [1] which states "which securely rewards volunteer computing performed on the BOINC platform". Though I personally am not aware of how successf

There's Gridcoin [1] which states "which securely rewards volunteer computing performed on the BOINC platform". Though I personally am not aware of how successful it has been so far. With regards to video rendering, cbhl correctly brings up the trust and latency issue. I feel the latency issue is particularly important, as even AWS recently announced their Local Zones data centers [2] for "highly-demanding applications that are particularly sensitive to latency" with an example clearly stated for the large video production studios in LA: "3D modeling & rendering, video processing (including real-time color correction), video streaming, and media production pipelines". Personally, I feel there are latency insensitive applications such as protein folding which could benefit from proof-of-work, and there does seem an attempt at a crypto coin [3] for this. However I'm not too sure as to whether it's the lack of good execution for these projects not taking off, or if there's a more intricate sociological or other explanation for it. [1] https://gridcoin.us/ https://gridcoin.us/ [2] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-now-available-from-a-local-zone-in-los-angeles/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-now-available-from-a-lo... [3] https://foldingcoin.net/ https://foldingcoin.net/