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andrew

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Message 1511 - Posted: 18 Aug 2013, 16:42:12 UTC
Do you get real money for your credits earned and if so how?
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Ananas

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Message 1516 - Posted: 18 Aug 2013, 18:54:15 UTC - in response to Message 1511.  

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Credits are a fun thing, used for competitions (teams or persons), success control for the efficiency of your host and stuff like that.

There has been a university that payed BOINC credits with ice cream but I guess that has been an offer for their own students - I like the idea though (as much as I like ice cream).

There is a Bitcoin BOINC project but I haven't checked what they exactly do.

p.s.: depending on your location, on the tax office and on the project it _might_ be possible to make the electricity you invested for crunching into a tax deductable donation (sorry, I'm not so sure how to word it, I hope it is understandable) - but I guess that's quite a hassle in most cases, especially as too many factors influence the ratio between the watts used and the credits earned.
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Message 1520 - Posted: 19 Aug 2013, 2:54:42 UTC - in response to Message 1511.  
Do you get real money for your credits earned and if so how?

Newly discovered asteroid will be named after yourself.
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Message 1530 - Posted: 19 Aug 2013, 16:10:15 UTC
Maybe you look for something like this:
www.charityengine.com
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