Almost exactly a decade ago, Charity Engine began donating computing power to Rosetta@home, a brilliant 'citizen science' project run by David Baker at the University of Washington's Institute of Protein Design:
The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything - MIT News
April 24, 2020
"I really liked running this computation on Charity Engine — we actually did use a planetary-scale computer to settle a longstanding open question whose answer is 42."
Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3 - New Scientist
September 18, 2019
Third time’s a charm: just weeks after cracking an elusive problem involving the number 42, mathematicians have found a solution to an even harder problem for the number 3.
At the request of User 0183, an American gentleman who wishes to remain anonymous, the $1000 prize has been donated to Sightsavers on his behalf (they know who he is, though).
The winning ticket is # 17671783, owned by User 0183 - who has a special announcement to make regarding his prize. Watch this space for the remarkable news!
Counter is reset, so it's onward to the next prize draw...!
The gauge is on 100%, so it's time for another Charity Engine prize draw!
The List of Entries is here, your jackpot numbers are here. Any errors must be reported within 48 hours, then the List is final and we pick a day for the draw.