I am proud to introduce you to my new project: a website that allows users to __donate their CPU power to fund projects__ and causes. I created it, together with __my colleague and friend Tommaso__, which helped me a lot to develop the initial idea and improve the UI and features. This project is also __in collaboration with the Italian, no-profit organization Cultura Digitale__, which supports any initiative to spread the cryptocurrencies’ mass adoption, promoting digital democracy in any form.

![Schermata 2019-02-09 alle 18.03.56.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQoGpJqvXKAodbkhsiWeXvT1KXJWBxLzecTaAGrxoYaWu/Schermata%202019-02-09%20alle%2018.03.56.png)

### A new paradigm for crowdfunding ###
Usually, crowdfunding happens sending fiat money through bank accounts or Paypal, or sometimes also sending cryptocurrency to the cause or project to fund. __[Crowdmine](https://crowdmine.it) changes this paradigm in a radical way: no one is sending money, users are only donating their CPU power__ (from PCs, laptops, mobile devices). This computational power is used to __extract Monero__ (XMR) cryptocurrency, which will be given to the projects’ owners.

![Schermata 2019-02-09 alle 18.11.43.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmc5K9DZQK5NV1eGqAycB418nax7gcYrfPno9dXxUkpZVy/Schermata%202019-02-09%20alle%2018.11.43.png)

### Gamification and Browser mining ###
Users __don't​ need to install or configure any mining software__, __in-browser mining can​ be used to mine to donate hashing power__ to the selected project. Each project has its own __leaderboard__, and there is also a __global__, site-wide __leaderboard__. Users’ contributions are calculated in __hashes__, and users receive __CrowdMine tokens__, as a measure of the hashes donated. __One token equal​s to 10.000 calculated hashes__. __Those who have the highest token balance, at a given date and hour (deadline), can receive rewards__, from the single project (project leaderboard) or from the website itself (global leaderboard). 

![Schermata 2019-02-09 alle 18.12.39.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVVpF2y5wTN2ZhYN6EhkSnq15xh7dhWvfSPdGK6SbJxa1/Schermata%202019-02-09%20alle%2018.12.39.png)

### Currently in Beta for some good reasons ###
__The site is online and perfectly working__, but we are still in __Beta__, and the __full version__ will feature many __advanced functionalities__, like sending tokens to other users, auto-withdraw, additional rewards for social interactions and more. We are currently __redesigning the social section__ and improving the __mobile version__ too.

### White paper and roadmap are online ###
If you want to know more about the project, you can read the [White paper](https://crowdmine.it/wp-content/themes/lodestar/inc/docs/CrowdMine.it_The_White_Paper_en.pdf) or just [visit the website](https://crowdmine.it/) and start mining!

![Schermata 2019-02-09 alle 18.15.30.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb2sTeuB2SNKXmSmXUnhfj58UjPhTsiwtQSyyWsNJxN16/Schermata%202019-02-09%20alle%2018.15.30.png)
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_To verify that I am the real author of this website please check the [crowdmine.it home page](https://crowdmine.it/) ("Hi Steemit!" link at the bottom points to my Steemit account)_