For a very long time I contribute to but the more sustainable I live the more I ask the question:

Is it a waste of energy or is it an investment, which brings something positive in the future?

There are also very few groundbreaking successes in the boinc projects or I just don't get the news because I only read the notes in the boinc manager and there are often only things about maintenance.

Even if it would run on old/discarded hardware and with alternative energy, I still think it might not be worth the CO2 output.

I've created a blog article in case you want to know more about boinc and useful projects running on it: utopify.org/boinc-what-is-it.h

@AenBleidd