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I would like to announce the release of BitWrk 0.5.1 "Moon". bitwrk.net | GitHub | Download | Quickstart InstructionsBitWrk is an open marketplace for computing power, fueled by Bitcoin. I've been working on it since 2013 (see the original announcement post). At Chaos Communication Conference, I even held a Lightning Talk. What makes BitWrk special is that participant can not only buy computing power, but also sell it for Bitcoin. BitWrk is now running in BETA phase and its first use case, rendering 3d imagery with Blender, is working quite well. Accepting payments in Bitcoin has been implemented in August's 0.5.0 release. Withdrawals are not implemented yet. The 0.5.1 release brings the following changes: - Support for Blender 2.76
- Work data compression reduces uploads to BitWrk peers
- Transaction fee is now always 3% of price
- ... and a couple of small enhancements and bug fixes.
Both server and client are Open Source Software, released under the GPLv3. There are binaries for Windows and Mac OS X. If you happen to be a Bitcoin fan and you use Blender for your projects, please try out BitWrk! I'd love to hear your questions, experiences and criticism. I'll also grant 20 mBTC of BitWrk credit to the first five participants who post their BitWrk account IDs here. |
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Hallo zusammen! Anlässlich der heutigen Freigabe von Version 0.5.1 "Moon" möchte ich hier ein Bisschen Werbung machen für ein Bitcoin-Projekt, das mir schon seit zweieinhalb Jahren die Freizeit raubt... BitWrk ist ein offener Marktplatz für Rechenpower, der auf Bitcoin basiert. Jeder kann hier als Marktteilnehmer Rechenleistung kaufen und verkaufen. Wer kauft, zahlt dafür, innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeit für einen bestimmten Preis eine "Rechenaufgabe" gelöst zu bekommen. Wer verkauft, bekommt Geld dafür, solche Rechenaufgaben zu bearbeiten. Wie bei einer Aktienbörse bestimmen Angebot und Nachfrage den Preis. Solche Rechenaufgaben können sehr unterschiedliche Ausprägungen annehmen, und Anwendungen gibt es viele. Meine Entwicklungs-Resourcen konzentriere ich jedoch auf die Berechnung (Rendering) von 3D-Bildern mit der Software Blender. Mein ursprünglicher Gedanke war der, dass es für Computer sinnvollere Aufgaben gibt, als für eine Blockchain Hashsummen im Akkord zu berechnen. Aufgaben, für die Andere sogar etwas zahlen würden. Und so entstand die Idee zu BitWrk. Das Konzept habe ich damals bereits hier vorgestellt. Also, wenn hier Blender-Begeisterte am Start sind, würde es mich freuen, euch für BitWrk zu gewinnen! Die Software ist Gratis (und sogar Open Source!) und für Windows, Mac und Linux verfügbar (Linuxer müssen allerdings selber kompilieren, was kein großes Problem darstellen sollte). >>> http://bitwrk.net <<< Die ersten 5 Teilnehmer, die mir ihre BitWrk-Account-ID als PM schicken, erhalten eine Gutschrift über 20 mBTC auf ihren Account!Frohes BitWrken! Jonas |
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TEST OCCURED ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, 2014, BETWEEN 14:00 UTC and 16:00 UTCThis is your chance to earn some (milli-)Bitcoin just by leaving your computer turned on for as long as you like, but no longer than two hours. What is it?I would like to perform a test to see how well BitWrk performs under load, and I need your help for this. In case you haven't heard of it, BitWrk is an Open Source project of mine currently under development with the aim of becoming an open, anonymous, Bitcoin-driven marketplace for computing power. It works like a stock exchange, just for computing tasks instead of stocks. BitWrk has been discussed in this forum before. Version 0.4.0 "Venus" has just been announced. Currently, BitWrk allows users of Blender, a powerful Open Source 3D graphics software, to calculate pictures and movies in a distributed fashion. The test will occur on Sunday between 14:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC, and at the end of the test, all earned Bitcoins are going to be paid back to the participants, via Bitcoin. How can I participate?Download BitWrk 0.4.0 from its home page, and set it up to be able to sell Blender rendering. There are instructions for that on the home page, but you can ask questions in this thread and I'll do my best to help. Some time before the start of the test, all accounts will be reset to zero BTC with the exception of the account I'll be using. I'll put BTC 1 on it, but that doesn't mean that I'll spend all of that money. Let's see how well it goes. At the end of the test, I'll freeze all accounts and transfer the balances back to the account owner, via Bitcoin! Do I need to register somehow?No! The BitWrk software will generate an account for you, and that account will have an associated Bitcoin address. That's where the money is going to be sent to at the end of the test. You will be able to add the key to your Bitcoin wallet access that address. I'd appreciate if you could announce your participation here in this thread, but it is not a must. So I will start with 0 BTC on my account?Yes. You can PM me if you want to start with a positive balance. Is there a risk involved?BitWrk is still in development. As I haven't had the possibility yet to test the service under high load, it might break down in some unexpected way. In that case, I'll try to find a fair solution to compensate you for your time. How can I receive the money?In BitWrk, users are identified by a bitcoin address, so it is easy for me to know where to send money to. Users need to import the private key into their Bitcoin wallet. It is stored in a file called privatekey.wif. That file can be found in the following locations: - Windows 7 and 8: C:\Users\<USER>\.bitwrk-client\privatekey.wif
- Mac OS X: /Users/<USER>/.bitwrk-client/privatekey.wif
- Linux: /home/<USER>/.bitwrk/privatekey.wif
To import it into your Bitcoin wallet (taking the Satoshi client as example): - Open privatekey.wif in a text editor
- Select the file's contents and copy it to your clipboard (Ctrl-C, Cmd-C)
- In the Bitcoin client, select Help->Debug window from the menu
- Go to tab console
- In the command line on the bottom of the page, enter: importprivkey <PASTE YOUR PRIVATE KEY HERE WITH CTRL-V/CMD-V> "BitWrk" rescan=false
- Your Bitcoin wallet will now contain an address labeled "BitWrk". It will receive all future transactions to that address.
- If you want to include past transactions too, use "rescan=true" instead of "rescan=false". It will take a while, during which Bitcoin will be unresponsive.
How can I keep informed?I will make all announcements in this thread. Keep it open and refresh it from time to time! Any further questions? Feel free to ask in this thread, or PM me. Otherwise, hope you'll be there on Sunday! Indyjo  BitWrk's browser-based user interface in action.
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I am proud to announce the release of BitWrk 0.4.0 "Venus". BitWrk is an open, anonymous and bitcoin-friendly marketplace for computing power that is currently in development. It has its roots in this forum post. The new release features some major changes (compared to the previous one): - A new user interface look
- Quicker returning of result data to application
- Support for jobs up to 512MB in size
- bitwrk-blender: Support for some advanced Blender features (linked resources, scripted drivers)
Bitcoin integration has not yet been done, so BitWrk is currently still a free-to-use rendering accelerator for users of Blender, the free 3D graphics software. Development priority will now shift towards accepting Bitcoin payments. BitWrk homepage: http://bitwrk.net/BitWrk 0.4.0 release: https://github.com/indyjo/bitwrk/releases/tag/v0.4.0-1BitWrk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitwrk (please subscribe to be informed of new releases) BitWrk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitWrk (please follow to be informed of new releases) BitWrk on Tip4Commit: http://tip4commit.com/projects/541 (donations are distributed as rewards for development) Have fun trying the software, and please give feedback! Cheers, Indyjo |
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BitWrk 0.3.0 "Mercury" has just been released, featuring support for Blender 2.70 and efficient peer-to-peer data compression. BitWrk is becoming a Bitcoin-friendly, anonymous marketplace for computing power. It has been discussed in this forum before. The software is currently in alpha stage, but it already comes with support Blender, the open source 3D graphics suite. It is interesting for the Bitcoin community because it offers miners an alternative for generating income using their computing hardware. BitWrk homepage: http://bitwrk.net/BitWrk 0.3.0 release: https://github.com/indyjo/bitwrk/releases/tag/0.3.0Currently, you need to compile it yourself using Google's Go SDK. There is no support for real Bitcoin transactions yet, so feel free to try out the software... especially if you are also a Blender user. |
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BitWrk - A Bitcoin-friendly, Anonymous Marketplace for Computing Power
Status: BitWrk 0.5.1 "Moon" has been released on November 1, 2015. BitWrk is in BETA Test phase. See http://bitwrk.net
Hi everybody! I'm not entirely new to the world of Bitcoin (bought some in 2011), but I'm new to this forum and I wanted to share an idea I had. Back in 2011, when everybody was mining on their GPUs, I was fascinated by the idea of having my computer work for money. Sadly I realized that the expected returns of mining would be so negligible that I gave up on it. Most of you will probably agree that Bitcoin mining will never be the type of "work" that can feed the masses. Just like in the real world, only a few people are miners. But that doesn't make the idea of donating your computing/networking/whatever resources to some crowdsourcing mechanism in exchange for micro-payment invalid. Here is a couple of services that your computer could provide to others in an automated, peer-to-peer fashion for a couple of 'toshis: - Perform scientific calculations, simulations, SETI@home-like challenges.
- Compile source code.
- Render images for graphics artists.
- Encode videos.
There are more possibilities, some exotic (providing internet proxying/tunneling/anonymity), some illegal (sending spam, DDOSing web sites, brute-force crypto attacks). Some might be more economically valuable than others. Some might suffer from bandwidth constraints, others from not being able to be carried out reliably. Lots of questions that would have to be discussed from case to case. My idea is to create some kind of computing-service-for-Bitcoin exchange where computers can go and offer their resources for some price, and other computers ask for some service at some price. Just like in a stock exchange, but in a fully automated fashion. If you want to earn some money or need an alternative to mining coins, there it is. If you need lots of computing power for a short amount of time, there you can buy it. To give you an idea: If you need the power of the whole bitcoin mining community for about 10 minutes, you might be able to just buy it: for a little more than 25 BTC! My questions are: - Has this been discussed before (and if yes, what are the relevant keywords?)
- Has anyone even started to write some kind of service-for-bitcoin software?
- Is anyone interested in helping me write a proof-of-concept implementation?
FYI: This is the continuation of a thread I started in the Newbies forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179723.0 |
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Hi everybody! I'm not entirely new to the world of Bitcoin (bought some in 2011), but I'm new to this forum and I wanted to share an idea I had. Back in 2011, when everybody was mining on their GPUs, I was fascinated by the idea of having my computer work for money. Sadly I realized that the expected returns of mining would be so negligible that I gave up on it. Most of you will probably agree that Bitcoin mining will never be the type of "work" that can feed the masses. Just like in the real world, only a few people are miners. But that doesn't make the idea of donating your computing/networking/whatever resources to some crowdsourcing mechanism in exchange for micro-payment invalid. Here is a couple of services that your computer could provide to others in an automated, peer-to-peer fashion for a couple of 'toshis: - Perform scientific calculations, simulations, SETI@home-like challenges.
- Compile source code.
- Render images for graphics artists.
- Encode videos.
There are more possibilities, some exotic (providing internet proxying/tunneling/anonymity), some illegal (sending spam, DDOSing web sites, brute-force crypto attacks). Some might be more economically valuable than others. Some might suffer from bandwidth constraints, others from not being able to be carried out reliably. Lots of questions that would have to be discussed from case to case. My idea is to create some kind of computing-service-for-Bitcoin exchange where computers can go and offer their resources for some price, and other computers ask for some service at some price. Just like in a stock exchange, but in a fully automated fashion. If you want to earn some money or need an alternative to mining coins, there it is. If you need lots of computing power for a short amount of time, there you can buy it. To give you an idea: If you need the power of the whole bitcoin mining community for about 10 minutes, you might be able to just buy it: for a little more than 25 BTC! My questions are: - Has this been discussed before (and if yes, what are the relevant keywords?)
- Has anyone even started to write some kind of service-for-bitcoin software?
- Is anyone interested in helping me write a proof-of-concept implementation?
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