BOINC project PrimeGrid is looking for a new home and sponsors
The BOINC project PrimeGrid, which is also whitelisted as research project for Gridcoin, needs help:
- "If anyone has connections with a corporation, university, cloud provider, or rich uncle that might want to sponsor a crowd-sourced mathematical research site, we'd appreciate any help and advice you can provide."
- "We are looking for a new home. Don't worry; this isn't the end of PrimeGrid. This is not the first time we've had to move. It probably won't be the last. But we need a new digital abode in which to take up residence."
Further info here.
PrimeGrid is a distributed computing project for searching for prime numbers of world-record size, it started in 2005.
More info at Wikipedia.
Primegrid re-activated its donation homepage again.
https://www.primegrid.com/donations.php
They are looking for donation for their new server needs:
For the two Lenovo System x3250 M6 servers: They require: 3500€
They have already received 12.6% of the total.
Server colocation for 2017, 2018, 2019, they require: 7000€
For the Hardware replacement fund after warranty expires, they need: 3500€
Gridcoin donations are welcomed:
Gridcoin (GRC): S6RimEgrEar84vQpsmVAVFbGkxfJ4i2sec
I have already sent my income worth of about a week crunching for PRIMEGRID. I suggest we rock their house with Gridcoin – donations!
thx for informing us
also, nice marketing for Gridcoin to be listed next to BTC and ETH ;-)
Gridcoin users donated so far >6k GRC
Here's an idea - what if we sponsor it (The Gridcoin Foundation)? Let's say for a year. It's probably not a large sum and would boost our standing within the BOINC community considerably. Not to mention that we would get our logo on the Primegrid's frontpage (they have already removed Rackspace).
I am reaching out now to see if the hosting I have available will fit their needs.
I am willing to host for free, and we can continue down the path of seeing if we can get approval for the foundation to sponsor the hosting at a discounted price. All I need to know really is how much of my resources they would need and I'll price it out as low as possible. If we can't get approval for reimbursement, I'll cover them for free.
I must say I like the idea. I'm afraid the issue is how can the gridcoin community come to a consensus to do it? By voting? Who will take the lead in discussing what they need and what we could do?
Maybe they need crowfunding and we could redirect the 30k there instead of burn it? Redirecting stolen goods to a good cause, quite Robin Hood like.
Excellent idea
If they setup a GRC address and tell us how much is needed, they may even get a lot of donations
Primegrid is already accepting donations in GRC and their admin (Rytis Slatkevičius) is a long-time Gridcoin supporter. It's a less known fact, because they actually didn't need much donations so far, since Rackspace was covering them 100%.
http://www.primegrid.com/donations.php
https://www.gridcoinstats.eu/cpid/026dde8d3daf1a497a97ce692dfae76a
Great!
Great idea @vortac
Iam in ! Iam definitely for going that way if the foundation does not want to or can not I think we also could do this on our own depends on what sum are we talking here. But iam absolutely willing to donate
Thats an awfully uncear request. What do they need? Money, physical place...??? How much?
Their hardware requirements are, as mentioned there:
I am thinking that something like this (link below) might be a bit much for their needs? What if the Gridcoin foundation bought this and funded a colocation for it? This would provide enough computational resources for their project and many other BOINC projects in need of a temporary/permanent home. While it is not in use as described above, it would be able to provide computational resources towards currently whitelisted projects. This could cover some of the cost of the colocation and initial investment. It is also congruent with Gridcoin's mission critical objective, vision, and values.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/7U/7089/SYS-7089P-TR4T.cfm
posted there your and @vortac 's msg
I asked on that thread how much Rackspace want for them to stay where they are
great work keeep it up!!