Quote from: Hhugh on March 31, 2018, 09:59:24 PM

I think Tony would want to see a concrete plan for the distribution of bytes to participants. Is there a fixed amount of bytes given away per time period, with the amount everyone receives being pro-rated by contributions? Or does every registered participant get a fixed amount per month? How to prevent people from joining multiple times and exploiting the distribution method (maybe only real name attestation users can participate)?

I think the amount has to be discussed. If you make it simple, then you could give a Byte for a WCG point and cap the reward to 100,000 points/Bytes per week for each user. Or as you suggested, each account gets a fixed amount of bytes regardless of contribution size as long as they meet a minimum threshold. To prevent abuse by multiple user accounts a check with exisiting BTCT accounts can be made, if necessary. But I think it is not. I would keep it simple for the beginning.

Quote from: sailthor on April 01, 2018, 01:01:42 AM

This. Distribute the rest of the bytes through POW (This is essentially what this method is - POW). Love the idea behind helping science/charity as well

Yes, it is acutally PoW. But I think it's more meaningful. Because you calculate results that are made freely available to science. For example, in the project "The Microbiome Immunity Project" you help to calculate structures of proteins in the microbiome which can support to fight diseases like Type 1 diabetes and help researchers learn more about how the bacteria in and on our bodies play a role in diseases.

From the project's site:

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Here's how it works: As a World Community Grid volunteer, you download a secure software program to your computer. And when your computer has any unused processing power, it will run a simulated experiment for us in the background. As we receive the results of these simulations, we'll analyze the data to find the most likely structure for each of the proteins in the microbiome. This will help us understand the role of these proteins and therefore allow us to unlock new strategies for treating diseases impacted by the microbiome.

With thousands of volunteers running millions of simulations, we can get this crucial work done in just a few years, instead of decades. And in keeping with World Community Grid's open data policy, we're committed to making the data publicly available to other scientists, which will help accelerate the advancement of scientific knowledge in this important area of research.

This is only one example of several active projects you can contribute processing power to.

Quote from: Freefactomizer on April 01, 2018, 06:39:22 AM

As a person alive thanks to science I love this idea ! And it would be a transparent and fair way to distribute remaining bytes.
If Tony accept to distribute a part of the remaining bytes via this method, I'm volunteer to code the bot.

Freefactomizer, thanks this is a great offer. I could support you will all the needed information.
After the positive feedback from you guys, I wrote Tony what he thinks about it.