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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7854 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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The value derived from participating in this project is entirely internal. It is voluntarily done with no expectation of any personal monetary return. Hopefully any external return benefits all mankind to help alleviate suffering and make lives better.
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Former Member
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sgt., i know it is voluntary and i know there are no expectations of monetary return. i was just trying to throw an idea out there that a "token" in ripple can be issued and distributed based on "provable work". this token has no value per se, but it could have value benefiting your cause.
anyway, i admire this community's selflessness and honesty. maybe there's another community out there who might be interested. thanks for the feed back. |
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deltavee
Ace Cruncher Texas Hill Country Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 4894 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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anyway, i admire this community's selflessness and honesty. maybe there's another community out there who might be interested. bimbim, You might try the Boinc project DistrRTgen which seems to be the most mercenary of projects. http://boinc.freerainbowtables.com/distrrtgen/ They are cracking passwords for security companies. They give the highest points of any Boinc project so it is dominated by crunchers who are only in it for the points. They may be more accepting of your idea of crunching for reward. |
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Former Member
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anyway, i admire this community's selflessness and honesty. maybe there's another community out there who might be interested. bimbim, You might try the Boinc project DistrRTgen which seems to be the most mercenary of projects. http://boinc.freerainbowtables.com/distrrtgen/ They are cracking passwords for security companies. They give the highest points of any Boinc project so it is dominated by crunchers who are only in it for the points. They may be more accepting of your idea of crunching for reward. edit: sorry misread your post. :) but yeah, this would be counterintuitive. i'd rather pitch the idea to projects who does more valuable work, as these projects would be more deserving to somehow have the possibility of creating value for themselves. in turn this value would be used to expand their projects. i believe ripple could be used to create and gain value for ourselves without government intervention. just like what this community is doing: https://xrptalk.org/topic/1865-cultivating-a-...st-for-trading-hour-ious/ it's a community project based on LETS. the guy who started that is a prominent member of the villagers.cc community and even ryan fugger, the creator of the original ripple is in one of his trust lines. [Edit 3 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 23, 2014 11:33:31 AM] |
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Barnsley_Tatts
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 3, 2005 Post Count: 291 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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No. No way. Never.
----------------------------------------I do what I do for WCG, to benefit mankind, not to earn Ripples/Bitcoins/IOUs etc. I don't want, nor expect any financial reward for the time & electricity used. BTW, I was 'hacked' by some tosspot from Ripple, so they could claim credit on my behalf. In 15 years that I've been crunching various things, no one has 'hacked' me, until Ripple came along and the promise of earning money. As soon as money is brought into something, it brings out the worst in people and attracts the wrong type of people.  |
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Former Member
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........same old equine beast, and it is still moribund!
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Former Member
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....and should it really be in the Team Forum? Chat Room is more the place!
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
anyway, i admire this community's selflessness and honesty. maybe there's another community out there who might be interested. bimbim, You might try the Boinc project DistrRTgen which seems to be the most mercenary of projects. http://boinc.freerainbowtables.com/distrrtgen/ They are cracking passwords for security companies. They give the highest points of any Boinc project so it is dominated by crunchers who are only in it for the points. They may be more accepting of your idea of crunching for reward. What if WCG increases the points it gives out, would that bring in some more participation? |
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Paul Schlaffer
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Post Count: 279 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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As soon as money is brought into something, it brings out the worst in people and attracts the wrong type of people. This is why I for one, am glad that the CFG-Ripple giveaway has ended. I would much rather see additional adoption through some low cost targeted web advertising. Sites like Wired or Tom's Hardware would be ideal. The sites may even be willing to donate advertising space given the good causes, in exchange for a "current donors" link on the WCG website. IBM brings a level of reputation to this endeavor that few can match.
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)
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Eric_Kaiser
Veteran Cruncher Germany (Hessen) Joined: May 7, 2013 Post Count: 1047 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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My intention is not to offend someone with my thoughts in the following lines!
----------------------------------------To be honest: As the ripple team came up "buying" resources I was close to stop participating on WCG. I love the spirit of volonteering. For me it's a pleasure to donate my ressources for free. Another aspect I think about: In my opinion there is a risk that WCG might be blackmailed if a team was founded with commercial interests and a massive amount of team members.  |
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