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BOINC Synergy

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BOINC Synergy

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New BOINC project: BitBOINC. Not Bitcoin mining: no new coins, no blocks.

Four apps, CPU and GPU
Potamos and Keraunos hunt unclaimed Bitcoin puzzle keys
Sphinx attacks Certicom's ECCp-131, open since 1997
Kampylos models gravitational microlensing
See our write up here
boincsynergy.ca/wiki/BitBOINC

BitBOINC

BitBOINC is an active BOINC volunteer-computing project that hosts several independent research efforts, including searches for the private keys of long-unclaimed Bitcoin puzzle addresses, an attack o...

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October 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM

BOINC Synergy

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🧩 New BOINC project: Eternity II

A 256-piece puzzle with a US$2M prize nobody ever claimed. A perfect 16×16 board matches all 480 edges; the best ever found matches 468.

This project hunts the last 12. CPU, Win + Linux, just 66 users so far.

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Eternity II

Eternity II is an active volunteer computing project that uses BOINC and volunteered CPU time to search for improved arrangements of the 256-piece Eternity II edge-matching puzzle.

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October 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM

BOINC Synergy

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SETI@home just hit a major milestone! 💥

Two new papers have been accepted to The Astronomical Journal: one on data processing & detection, and another on candidate analysis and findings.
setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread...

#BOINC #SETI #VolunteerComputing #DistributedComputing #GridComputing

SETI@home papers accepted for publication

setiathome.berkeley.edu

June 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM

BOINC Synergy

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🚀 The 2024 #BOINC Census results are in!
Thanks to everyone who took part. Run by @TheSCInitiative, this independent effort gives a fresh look what the community thinks.
📊 Data: github.com/TheSCInitiat...
📺 Video: youtu.be/CMF4yAbqlnI

#BOINC #DistributedComputing #OpenScience

GitHub - TheSCInitiative/BOINC: For supporting BOINC software, projects, and community

For supporting BOINC software, projects, and community - TheSCInitiative/BOINC

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May 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM

BOINC Synergy

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Since the launch of Einstein@Home on 19 February 2005, nearly half a million participants from around the world have donated idle computing time on their PCs and smartphones to search for astrophysical signals from spinning neutron stars

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