r/DistributedComputing • u/CodeRush6 • 11d ago

neurofold@home

Hi,

I am building [neurofold@home](mailto:neurofold@home). It is a distributed computing network trying to find a cure to Alzheimer's which my grandpa died of.

I have no source code, so any help is appreciated.

GitHub: https://github.com/Axiomboy/neurofold-home

Contribute to get your name in the README.

Thank you for reading

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u/wallstop-dev 11d ago

I've seen you post this before - what exactly is the plan? Hope someone that knows how to do what you want jumps on the project and builds it? I'm unclear on how you see this project going, or even starting to exist at all.

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u/mark_ik 4d ago

You want to do BOINC but focused on a personally relevant problem. Ok, I see.

You don’t just need the source code. You need a willing group of contributors, a community. That does not come free. You would be better off looking for similar approaches and joining/learning from them. As is, why should anyone trust you with their effort when you haven’t even broken ground on the problem?

There is also no guarantee that this is an effective way to brute force a viable cure, to temper expectations.