Gridcoin is a decentralize, peer to peer cryptocurrency that aims to reward Boinc crunchers for their work. It could have the potential to bring Sceince closer together to the industry and the financial world, enabling a large amount of funding that could be allocated to specific projects.
It has the potential, together with BOINC to revolutionize the way scientists needed to interact with investors or government funds to receive sufficient resources. If implemented correctly it could lead to a purely altruistic surrounding, where profit, or potentially useful outcome, only plays a side role.
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