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RE: Opinion: Incentivising BOINC
If they don't want to incentivize cheating then they shouldn't be publishing statistics at all. And if there are ways to cheat without detection for long periods of time, then the project is of questionable value in the first place. It sounds like they are looking for security through obscurity which is bad because first of all that doesn't work and second of all more users is desirable, not less. Honestly, I can't even begin to understand their logic here and I can't imagine such logic would be likely to carry over to other projects.
Gridcoin: "Hey, we're going to pay users to do work for your project in an effort to get more users for you."
Primegrid: "No."
Huh?
If that's what they want to do it's their project, I'm more concerned this isn't seen as some kind of ideal.
Oh, I agree it's their project and they can do what they want. I just don't think the logic is sound which is why I'm not terribly concerned that most projects would do something similar.
Although I fully agree with you, every project can decide their approach.
We had GDRP issues with World Community Grid but we have found a solution and Gridcoin members can now happily crunch this project again. There are even projects like SR-Base that are really supporting Gridcoin and have our logo on their website.