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[SIDock@home] Project update: July 2026

Dear all,

we are glad to announce that SiDock@home has been restored after a long technical maintenance. We really appreciate your patience and are grateful for your participation! We have assigned BOINC credits for all the unfinished tasks received before the pause. Some of the forum threads or posts may be lost, but the computational results have been restored.

As the project's server has been reinstalled, you will probably need to detach and attach again in BOINC Manager.

We apologize for the inconvenience and are very thankful for your participation!

Natalia

View article · Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:54:03 +0000

[SRBase] base R96 Megaprime

Sightus@CAU, a member of the team Planet 3DNow! found a megaprime for base R96.
The prime 1648*96^547292-1 has 1.084.885 digits digits and entered the T5k PrimePages.

View article · Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:48:56 +0000

[SRBase] base S811 Megaprime

hypersphinx, a member of the team BOINC@AUSTRALIA found a megaprime for base S811.
The prime 450*811^373026+1 has 1.085.144 digits and entered the T5k PrimePages.

View article · Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:21:29 +0000

[SRBase] base S788 Megaprime

SkyHighWeFly, a member of the team Antarctic Crunchers found a megaprime for base S788.
The prime 14*788^346279+1 has 1.003.008 digits and entered the T5k PrimePages.

View article · Thu, 9 Jul 2026 16:25:54 +0000

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BOINC-RPC displays your current BOINC status in your Discord profile, including: number of active tasks, task progress, and task runtime.
5 Jun 2026, 8:13:47 UTC · Discuss

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Version 8.2.11 of the BOINC client has been released for all platforms. Download it here. Release notes are here.
30 Apr 2026, 7:43:26 UTC · Discuss

Fresco: a modern BOINC Manager alternative
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