Open Science and Research:

• Allows researchers to share computing resources for large-scale simulations
• Enables citizen science projects like SETI@home or Folding@home

Resilience Against Censorship:

• Makes it harder to shut down or censor information systems
• Supports freedom of information and resistance to authoritarian control

Democratization of Computing Resources:

• Allows individuals and small organizations to access powerful computing capabilities
• Enables volunteer computing projects where people donate idle computer time