Gaming Spotlight
GAIMIN.io. harnesses the untapped power of GPUs
F
ormer Man Utd. & England international Nicky Butt has moved into the gaming space with an investment in a new blockchain gaming company
GAIMIN.io.
GAIMIN uses unused power available from GPUs of gaming
PCs to create a virtual source of interconnected, networked, data processing power, and in return rewards gamers who sign up to the platform in crypto. GAIMIN’s new platform will harness the “spare” processing
capacity from gaming PCs that are signed up to the platform, creating a virtual source of interconnected, networked, data processing power that businesses and institutions can tap into for their own needs. With most modern gaming PCs being built with high-
performance components, most notably CPUs and GPUs (graphics cards), and with the average gamer only using their device for 20% of the day, hardly ever at maximum capacity, there is a significant amount of processing power which can be put to use elsewhere. Te GAIMIN platform will work completely in the background, autonomously monetising this computing power for the gamer and offering them passive rewards. Te GAIMIN platform will use this network of processing
capacity to ‘power blockchain computations’, commonly known as mining. Blockchains form part of the underlying technology behind new advances such as cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse. Using AI, the GAIMIN platform will select the most profitable blockchain to power from the current 10 mineable cryptocurrencies built into the system. Te GAIMIN platform will have the built-in capability to scale to many more cryptocurrencies, which will be implemented as their mining profitability increases and supersedes the currently configured cryptos. From this activity, 90% of the rewards are returned directly back to the GAIMIN users. In the future, the GAIMIN data processing network will be
utilised for more complex data processing tasks with real-world applications such as video rendering, future vaccine sequencing or the rendering of high load engineering CAD models enabling businesses to run high-demand data processing tasks without major infrastructure changes. To make the rewards as usable as possible, GAIMIN will
compensate the gamer in its own cryptocurrency token – GMRX. GMRX tokens will be accessed through GAIMIN’s blockchain-based wallet, and either withdrawn or more commonly spent directly
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in the new GAIMIN Marketplace, on NFTs, gaming assets and accessories, with gaming merchandise also planned for the future. GAIMIN’s new ‘virtual’ processing power supply platform is set
to be a more efficient and effective alternative to the traditional approach to supplementing processing power, which relies on a business increasing its own hardware or using centralised data processing centres. It was a virtual approach similar to GAIMIN’s solution that was used by scientists at the ‘Folding@home’ project to help understand SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. Backed by a board of industry experts and advisors including
ex-professional Esports player and strategic coach Joseph Turner, and former Credit Suisse Vice President turned regulatory and compliance consultant to Blockchain and crypto companies, Simon Quirke, the business has a wealth of experience to lean on as it launches. Martin Speight, CEO at GAIMIN, says: “Te solution has been
created to help address the fact that the world is running out of computing capacity, a belief echoed by Microsoſt CEO Satya Nadella at the World Economic Forum.” Martin explains: “Te demand for data processing power
continues to rise. Centralised data processing centres are one solution but not without their own significant limitations to both business operations and the wider public such as breaches and power outages. One solution is to decentralise the approach, taking available power within a platform of interconnected devices and creating ‘supercomputer’ processing power without the associated risks.” “Aſter identifying an untapped source in high powered computer
gaming PCs, we have developed and built the GAIMIN solution and platform; a first of its kind directly targeting gamers, to harness this existing resource and create a highly valuable and necessary power source, while also rewarding participating gamers in purchasing power they can use directly on their gaming.” Ahead of the launch, a number of pilot projects have been
carried out to render animations from ‘real world’ examples. Martin confirmed: “Tis proved invaluable in terms of proof of concept along with producing exceptionally high financial rewards that would take the returns to gamers to another level”, Martin continues. “Local universities, architects and graphics studios have all been incredibly cooperative with testing and the feedback was extremely positive with regards to usability and performance.”
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