Event Starts: June 1st (00:00 BST) Ends: June 7th (23:59 BST) Sign up for the event here: Sign ups will close May 30th, 00:00 BST https://forms.gle/4Erf7fJ7nnwURkfG9 This event will NOT be eligible for F@H event badges. Follow this thread to keep up to date! Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the link/s provided at the end for help and support! Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes 7 Days with activity*, 100,000 Points & 14 WU (*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period) These must be met DURING the week of the event. Points produced before the start date do not count! Prizes!!! (possibly more to come) Community donated prizes: 20 x Random Steam Keys - Donated by Community Chest Draw: Random When I did the first folding sprint, a five-day mid-week madness, I never thought it would become a regular thing, yet here we are. The folding sprint is on the one hand a nod to our few southern hemisphere members while also trying to help out the folding protect, who often see their processor count drop during the summer. The aim is simple, make as many points as you can for the week while trying to stay as cool as possible. Folding is an incredibly finicky software and is a great way to tell if your system is truly 100% per cent stable. Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein is directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. If you are wondering what exactly has been done with all this computing power then you can check out the papers written by the scientists and researchers that use the folding network, I will warn you though many of them are very in-depth reads and in turn this means they are often fairly technical. https://foldingathome.org/papers-results/ To qualify for prizes you must meet the minimum requirements for participation which for this event will be as follows minimum requirements: 100k points, 14WUs, and 7 days of activity over the course of the whole week. This means, you miss a day and you are out of the running. As always, this is subject to change for future events as we find out what the sweet spot is to include as many people as possible but not make it too easy to just get a free entry for prizes. PASSKEYS! (they're really important) Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below. https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close-knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always. Check your stats out here! Bear in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two. https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting.

Summer Folding Sprint 2023

By GOTSpectrum
May 11, 2023 in Folding@home, Boinc, and Coin Mining

Go to solution Solved by GOTSpectrum, June 10, 2023

@leadeater or any other mod, can you now lock this please.

Posted June 8, 2023

I cant wait to see the final total we all put up for a 7 day event with so few participants

Posted June 9, 2023

1 hour ago, LavenderPhantom78139 said:

I cant wait to see the final total we all put up for a 7 day event with so few participants

Slightly delayed until tomorrow due to well me being lazy

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CPU

Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard

Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-GAMING 5
RAM

32GB DDR4 3200
GPU
Inno3D 4070 Ti
Case

Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P
Storage

Western Digital Black 250GB, Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x2
PSU

EVGA Supernova 1000w
Display(s)

Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch UltraWide Full HD, BenQ - XL2430(portrait), Dell P2311Hb(portrait)
Cooling

MasterLiquid Lite 240

Posted June 10, 2023

Right will try to get the final ranks and the like done this evening after my AA meeting if all goes to plan

My Folding Stats - Join the fight against COVID-19 with FOLDING! - If someone has helped you out on the forum don't forget to give them a reaction to say thank you!

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

Please put as much effort into your question as you expect me to put into answering it.

CPU

Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard

Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-GAMING 5
RAM

32GB DDR4 3200
GPU
Inno3D 4070 Ti
Case

Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P
Storage

Western Digital Black 250GB, Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x2
PSU

EVGA Supernova 1000w
Display(s)

Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch UltraWide Full HD, BenQ - XL2430(portrait), Dell P2311Hb(portrait)
Cooling

MasterLiquid Lite 240

Posted June 10, 2023

@leadeater or any other mod, can you now lock this please.

My Folding Stats - Join the fight against COVID-19 with FOLDING! - If someone has helped you out on the forum don't forget to give them a reaction to say thank you!

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

Please put as much effort into your question as you expect me to put into answering it.

CPU

Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard

Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-GAMING 5
RAM

32GB DDR4 3200
GPU
Inno3D 4070 Ti
Case

Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P
Storage

Western Digital Black 250GB, Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x2
PSU

EVGA Supernova 1000w
Display(s)

Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch UltraWide Full HD, BenQ - XL2430(portrait), Dell P2311Hb(portrait)
Cooling

MasterLiquid Lite 240