I like this idea actually. The learning curve can be a bit steep, and when you just get in to it it can all be a little daunting.
Since this is supposed to help newcomers, how will this project keep well established "miners" in search for highest possible magnitude out?
Boinc was created to "volunteer" a users pc for the betterment of science, this project isnt for well established miners to increase their mag, its for said "miners" to continue reasearch while helping new people learn and earn.
Most of the projects already have high rac/competition which could discourage a new person but this project could welcome new BOINC crunchers while giving them a good RSA to make earning worthwhile while learning.
I get that, but not everyone is this altruistic. There are people that simply hunt the project with lowest possible competition and point a ton of hardware at it. These people would probably swarm this project, making it harder for newcomers to make a dent and compete for a reasonable magnitude.
Also, remember the priority is to help build new user magnitude, so any high magnitude cruncher will always lower their mag if they point everything at GRCStarter. It is not a matter of a person being altruistic if it is built into the code.
you're right -- the distribution protocol described in this proposal does not account for greed. it will have to be changed. Any suggestions? = )
It could be managed through the voting system? If someone is racking up too much they're not considered "newcomers" and can't participate in the project. Then the community as a whole would have a say in the project.
What do you mean by
Sorry I'm unclear. If for example someone decided to point a server farm at the project, they'd probably destroy any competition from newcomers pointing a single or two home desktops at the projects, thus destroying their chance to get any meaningful magnitude.
They would actually lower (by a lot)their own magnitude and help many new users. Their mag will be reduced to the average of the GRCStarter mag after their huge RAC was added.
Fair enough, I misunderstood something then :)
I just about to say that, yes they would increase their mag but also that of others, everbody wins, but farms can would be better to stick where they are and occasionally crunch grcstarter to gelp noobies
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GRCStarter@home wants miners with huge mags to direct some processing power its way. If what you're talking about is having a miner with large mag directing a single CPU or whatever to GRCStarter to boost their mag with the distribution protocol, i think you're right. That is probably not the best way to distribute magnitude. =)