Folding Forum

If folding@home points could be used a currency, would this work? Obviously, the points system would need a redesign, but if Folding@Home work units were to be used as "work" for a bitcoin-like currency, then it would be equally hard to solve problems, but these problems would benefit the ...

I understand that folding@home has bypassed the millisecond barrier, is able to handle proteins made of thousands of amino acids. But what about smaller proteins that take longer to fold? I think such proteins should be folded to expand knowledge. If we increase the number of proteins folded, we can...