Re: ANN CureCoin is launched 5/10/2014

Whats the difference between a mining pool and a folding pool ?

The mining pool is built for the best suited hardware, the ASIC, which does SHA algo mining to secure the blockchain. The folding pool is what rewards you for for folding work units that can help scientists solve cures for diseases of many types, including cancer. GPU's and CPU's are best for these operations. GPU being the better option due to the parallel computing abilities associated with have 1000's of cores. Please refer to the how to fold guide in the OP to learn more about folding to earn Curecoins.

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Already folding..

So mining contribute nothing besides some coins to trade ?

It helps to secure the block chain also, which is an important part in a crypto currency. That being said, since the folding fund is premined and the coin is pow/pos hybrid, its unlikely to fall to a 51% attack.