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There is this crypto currency called gridcoin where you lend your machine's processing power for researches like climate change,cancer research... Very intersting projects there

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I mean its a nice idea, but how does that work - wouldnt the spare cycles use energy and contribute to climate change?

Depends on your locations power source: nuclear, wind, solar, and hydro don't cause co2 emission.

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