No, the people mining (those running BOINC) are rewarded. The researchers (those who run the BOINC projects) only have to pay for server costs, not the miners.
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No, the people mining (those running BOINC) are rewarded. The researchers (those who run the BOINC projects) only have to pay for server costs, not the miners.
What kind of servers?
Data storage or data processing?
The servers that handout the Work Units (the work that the researchers want being done). Each BOINC client communicates with the project servers to get these work units. So they send the raw data and receive the processed data. The processed data is also verified by other BOINC users. So no data processing is required on the server side.
I'll link some resources for any other questions you may have:
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@sc-steemit/eli5-gridcoin-research-and-boinc-explained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOINC_client%E2%80%93server_technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing
https://gridcoin.us
If something isn't on there don't be afraid to ask!
Hope this helps start your BOINC/Gridcoin journey!