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.
