I'm not interested in crypto.
Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
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#2Re: Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
#3Hmm, I don't follow it that closely, but I have given a clock cycle or two to the project. And from taking a quick glance at their website[0] it seems they are still pretty involved. The most recent posting is called "Markov State Models (MSMs) of SARS-CoV-2 proteins" (although it may be from June 2020)
I'm also curious as to why the disinterest in crypto. I am not hugely swayed one way or the other, so its nice to hear peoples reasoning.
Re: Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
#4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta@home is popular with over 1 million users (more projects at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_... )
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#5Oftentimes I kick off a fuzzer on some OSS, e.g., GCC, v8, standard *nix binaries, and let it run for days/weeks/months. If I find anything I submit it to the appropriate people or make a PR, if Im motivated enough that week
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#6Re: Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
#7I originally built my home server for academic use (computational physics), but after changing in security I've come to use it as a fuzzing playground. Oftentimes I kick off a fuzzer on some OSS, e.g., GCC, v8, standard *nix binaries, and let it run for days/weeks/months. If I find anything I submit it to the appropriate people or make a PR, if Im motivated enough that week
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#8Re: Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
#9I run Boinc connected to Science United which allows me to pick/prioritize domain of interest and it handles of the heavy lifting of getting tasks, running and uploading the results. It has been a install and forget experience with currently a small 3300 days of CPU contributed.
Re: Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?
#10> When I was a kid, I remember participating in Folding@Home. Unfortunately, the project doesn't appear nearly as active as when I was younger. Hmm, I don't follow it that closely, but I have given a clock cycle or two to the project. And from taking a quick glance at their website[0] it seems they are still pretty involved. The most recent posting is called "Markov State Models (MSMs) of SARS-CoV-2 proteins" (althou…
Better to use the energy for research imo