So is it a pool that redistributes other project's work? Or a project which distributes the work which the public submits for computation? Or simply a faucet for new users?
GRCStarter distributes equal magnitude to all hosts working on GRCStarter, regardless of a hosts relative RAC.
What's stopping me running many user accounts to earn more than my fair share? I have no doubt that this will be abused by many.
Regarding the projects name, perhaps including GRC in the name will put off those outwith team Gridcoin? At least until the team req is removed that is..
Plus, it'll appear to many as an 'official' gridcoin project which may reflect badly upon the grc network if the project closes down in the future..
Were there any alternative names that came to mind before 'grcstarter' ?
First question, could be all three or the latter two.
Second question, yeah it could be abused but with @bullsharks suggestion make it only for small/mobile/arm devices
Third question, i knew "rain" was taken @jringo came up with grcstarter@home but if we aim for small/mobile/arm it could be mobile@home or arm@home or something like that.
arm@home sounds good :-)
I still don't like the idea of modifying the way magnitude is given out though. If it is modified I would assume that you would end up with only ARM devices anyway because why would someone run a powerful machine just to give a portion of their mag to someone else?
anyone else looking to an answer for "Why donate," read my response to @bullshark's main comment.
The most practical way to look at it is as a clone of WCG.
It is a blockchain ledger, beginning as a centralized project, which distributes processing power to projects which might not otherwise have enough work or participants.
The centralized version determines the distribution of this work based on a running poll in the Gridcoin client.
See @applepiie's comment
This is only a placeholder name.
What? So it's a BOINC project at first but then it becomes its own cryptocurrency/blockchain?
I will be sure to elaborate on the potential of integrating a blockchain into a BOINC project in v2 of the proposal.
Dude first you took my idea 0 to 100, now yiu done went from 100 to 1000! Lol cant wait to see this idea of yours.
haha I hope it works! xD