distributed.net
Sign in to saveDistributed.net is a volunteer computing effort that is attempting to solve large scale problems using otherwise idle CPU or GPU time. It is governed by Distributed Computing Technologies, Incorporated (DCTI), a non-profit organization under U.S. tax code 501(c)(3).
Key facts
- Website.name
- distributed.net
- Website.logo
- 200px|The distributed.net logo
- Website.url
- distributed.net
- Website.type
- Volunteer computing
- Website.owner
- Distributed Computing Technologies, Inc.
- Website.launch_date
- February 1997
- Website.current_status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.distributed.net
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- inception
- 1997-00-00
- Alexa rank
- 521218
- date of official opening
- 1997-00-00
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7 sectionsContents
- History
- Client
- Development of GPU-enabled clients
- Timeline of distributed.net projects
- See also
- References
- External links
Distributed.net is a volunteer computing effort that is attempting to solve large scale problems using otherwise idle CPU or GPU time. It is governed by Distributed Computing Technologies, Incorporated (DCTI), a non-profit organization under U.S. tax code 501(c)(3).
Distributed.net is working on RC5-72 (breaking RC5 with a 72-bit key). The RC5-72 project is on pace to exhaust the keyspace in just under 36 years as of July 2025, although the project will end whenever the required key is found. RC5 has eight unsolved challenges from RSA Security, although in May 2007, RSA Security announced that they would no longer be providing prize money for a correct key to any of their secret key challenges. distributed.net has decided to sponsor the original prize offer for finding the key as a result.