Give idle time to BOINC and Folding@home projects through their own clients #578

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2026-10-21T00:30:31Z

rvnminers-A-and-N commented

2026-10-21 00:30:31 +00:00

Why

Volunteer computing projects already have useful science waiting for idle machines. Examples: Rosetta@home and World Community Grid through BOINC, and Folding@home. A pool member could give their idle time to one of them without setting anything up by hand.

What

A workload that runs the project's own client in a container, attached to the project the owner chooses with the owner's own account. The worker gives it a time budget and limits on CPU and GPU.
- The BOINC client is LGPL, and attaching it to projects is what it is for.
- The Folding@home v8 client is GPL.
We only run their clients as published. Credit goes to the owner's account with that project, and the app says so.

Not this

Copying either project's code into Sisyphus.
Using their names as if they were ours.
Counting their credit as work Sisyphus verified. Rewards for this, if any, need a separate decision under #21.

Done when

On the R620, an owner turns on "Give idle time to Rosetta@home" in the app and sees work units complete in their BOINC account.

## Why Volunteer computing projects already have useful science waiting for idle machines. Examples: Rosetta@home and World Community Grid through BOINC, and Folding@home. A pool member could give their idle time to one of them without setting anything up by hand. ## What - A workload that runs the project's own client in a container, attached to the project the owner chooses with the owner's own account. The worker gives it a time budget and limits on CPU and GPU. - The BOINC client is LGPL, and attaching it to projects is what it is for. - The Folding@home v8 client is GPL. - We only run their clients as published. Credit goes to the owner's account with that project, and the app says so. ## Not this - Copying either project's code into Sisyphus. - Using their names as if they were ours. - Counting their credit as work Sisyphus verified. Rewards for this, if any, need a separate decision under #21. ## Done when On the R620, an owner turns on "Give idle time to Rosetta@home" in the app and sees work units complete in their BOINC account.

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Reference: Sisyphus/Sisyphus#578