Short version?
0.5 BTC contest running over the next month, check
here.
Long version?
Looks like most of us will be stuck inside/at home for another month, or at the very least until after the Easter Holidays.
I know a lot of you turn to gambling or other hobbies to distract themselves from the current covid-19 crisis, so I'll try to keep this brief. But bear with me for a moment.
I'd like to talk about
folding@home for a bit. It has been in the news a lot recently and seen huge increases in contributions, so if you already know what it is or are even folding yourself already, that's great.
If not, let me quickly describe what it is about: folding@home uses your hardware while it is idle to perform scientific computations. Hardware in this regard includes CPUs and GPUs (eg an altcoin mining rig or your gaming PC, but also regular office PCs and workstations).
Among the top priorities for those projects right now is also one addressing covid-19. A more detailed explanation can be found
here.
But to put it in dangerously brief terms: If you run folding@home right now, you help fight covid-19.
So where does CryptoGames come in? We've created a folding@home team and a lot of us started contributing themselves. You'll find some familiar names on the
team page.
We've also started a contest with that team and you can join the contest on either
our discord server or via the
thread in Games&Rounds.
As a little incentive, we have allocated
0.5 BTC that will be used as rewards for all those that choose to join the team and donate their computing power.
And lastly, for those of you that aren't interested in any of that: It's the last day of the monthly wagering contests. Places are not secured yet, so make sure you get the placement you are after, and if you're not in at this moment, its still not too late to wager your way up the leaderboards.