RE: Brainstorming BOINC projects #003
Decentralization of the BOINC web server
Discussing this topic on the BeyondBitcoin hangout (1hr 23mins in!)
There's certainly been attempts at decentralizing a BOINC project's storage in the past, but as far as I'm aware there has yet to be a fully decentralized BOINC project.
Do you think it could be possible? Especially if we were to scale back the web server (remove features).
Related research
Optimizing the data distribution layer of BOINC with BitTorrent.
Attic: A Case Study for Distributing Data in BOINC Projects.
Extending the BOINC architecture using peer-to-peer application code exchange.
Golem Project.
SIA.
Storj.
Graphene: Witnesses each running a mirror of a BOINC web server, randomly pick one to publish their work unit verification info to the network & have the other witnesses confirm it's correct. Would have to scale back the functionality of the BOINC project web server.
Could alternatively not utilize BOINC, using a more appropriate distributed computing platform/technology - CONDOR, Wikipedia: Comparison of cluster software.
Gridcoin would not be compatible with non-BOINC solutions though, unless the DPOR/NeuralNetwork mechanisms were adapted.