Chessbase actually does something similar, where you can rent other user's computers to run analysis on positions[1]. The users offering up their machines set t

Chessbase actually does something similar, where you can rent other user's computers to run analysis on positions[1]. The users offering up their machines set the price though, as opposed to an auction. [1] https://en.chessbase.com/post/tutorial-how-does-the-engine-cloud-work https://en.chessbase.com/post/tutorial-how-does-the-engine-c...