Research Coins

in #gridcoin7 years ago (edited)

I have always wondered the enormous amount of computation power that's used in cryptocurrency mining : could it also be used for something else. the awesome ways in which people have got massive computational capabilities built using seemingly homegrown solutions or by putting together simpler machines always left me with awe.

So my search for what could be a better way of utilizing the computing power led me to various cryptocoins which are trying to focus in this specific area.

the most functional one I can see is Gridcoin(GRC). Gridcoin rewards people for using the computing power for BOINC or "Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing" projects. However not all projects in BOINC are considered for Gridcoin rewards. I will do a detailed post later to talk specifically about GRC, suffice to say they are my favourite at this point.

A new entry which is ridding on BOINC is SPARC, just like you can merge mine various cryptocoin you can effectively mergemine gridcoin with SPARC too. grcpool is by default doing exactly that and if you are mining on your own you can register your own CPID and claim SPARC's in bunch of 10 tokens minimum. As @trikkstar pointed out SPARC is not tradable at this point in time however as it doesn't require any special effort i would suggest to collect those tokens also just in case they do turn out to be of some value.

Others that are working but on a very focused area Folding@Home.

  1. Foldingcoin : medical research field
  2. curecoin
  3. dogecoinf@h

Two more Ethereum Smart Contracts working in research / good use of computation area are

  1. SONM : Decentralized Fog Computing Platform
  2. GOLEM : Worldwide Supercomputer

Not just these coins there are other coins with good purpose like

  1. Steem
  2. storj : Ethereum Smart Contract

I am exploring these also and will make a post soon about them besides steem offcourse coz everyone on steemit knows about steem

Please feel free to suggest if i missed any other research currencies.

If you like what you read and want to support my efforts feel free to upvote the post or send some coins my way.

My Gridcoin Address is : S84Sx44ncdpi7NZBBNV5beSMQQmh6RQ6XK
grc_donation.png

Sort:  

This post was upvoted by Steemgridcoin with the aim of promoting discussions surrounding Gridcoin and science.

This service is free. You can learn more on how to help here.

Have a nice day. :)

One thing I feel is worth mentioning is that SPARC is not currently listed on any exchange.

Totally forgot about that part. added one liner. Thanks for the headsup.

Just a head's up, there is no "e" in Storj.

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.17
TRX 0.16
JST 0.029
BTC 75005.44
ETH 2818.62
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.54