There is a new player in the “distributed computing for good causes” scene. Boid, seeks to boost participation in volunteer distributed computing efforts and make it easier for non-techie people to access the world of cryptocurrency and blockchains. With the launch of its Public Alpha on August 3rd, it already has almost 1,000 active users earning BOIDs for contributing to cancer research.
This video gives a great explanation of what Boid does:
Check it out and let me know what you think! Or get started at: app.boid.com/u/Johnnie
Early users get a bonus for helping us work out the kinks.
As an advisor for Boid, I am excited about its potential to boost distributed scientific computing by making it simple for anyone to earn cryptocurrency for putting their devices to work on scientific research projects. Look at the impact it is already having on the World Community Grid Mapping Cancer Markers Project (Breaking 1 million Total Credit today!):
Come compete against your friends to see whose computers can do the most cancer research!
https://www.boid.com/
https://app.boid.com/
Boid is on Steemit too! https://steemit.com/@boidcom
I saw that the payouts are in BTC, where does that come from?
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Good question. As the platform continues to grow we will be adding additional protocols. So in addition to contributing to distributed computing, the users will also be able to contribute resources to mining different crypto and offering storage space to distributed storage projects. The mining and storage will generate $crypto for the Boid ecosystem.
Boid tokens are also going to be traded on multiple crypto exchanges, which offer liquidity for BOID tokens that are earned to be exchanged for top $crypto.
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Sorry I dont understand, where does the crypto come from to pay the people who are doing the science? If its just through mining, then the miners are doing their part for free?
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How do early users adopt this. ?
How can we aide and . Maybe earn 😊
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Head to Boid.com and sign-up!
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You got a 3.83% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @johnniec!
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You just planted 0.51 tree(s)!
Thanks to @johnniec
We have planted already 3279.85 trees
out of 1,000,000
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Plant trees with @treeplanter and get paid for it!
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Thanks a lot!
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