Related to proof of work for creating new accounts, would it ever be possible to use BOINC? I'm just now exploring gridcoin, and I really like the idea of "work" actually being something useful to the world.

Would it be possible for Steemit to create a project team which would give credit to useful work, like gridcoin does? I know that may be asking a lot and potentially over-complicating some things, but if it were possible that anyone who wanted to do proof of work calculations in order to create steemit accounts would have to contribute to a meaningful project like World Community Grid... well wouldn't that be awesome?