There is a new BOINC version ready to download

We got a new BOINC release to crunch with on Windows and Mac OS X.

Until now the recommended version was 7.14.2 for Windows, released on 11th October 2018, and 7.14.4 for Mac OS X, released on 31st March 2020.

Also the shipped version of VirtualBox got updated from 5.2.8 to 6.0.14, so consider upgrading to this new major release as well.

Here are the download links to the new stable version:

Windows (64bit):
BOINC 7.16.5
BOINC 7.16.5 + VirtualBox 6.0.14
Mac OS X (64-bit Intel):
BOINC 7.16.6
BOINC 7.16.6 Unix command-line version

You can also find them on the BOINC download page here.

Android devices are also already receiving the 7.16.5 update

The changelog can be found here or below.

Change Log 7.14.2 -> 7.16

If output file is missing on startup, flag task as error.
Let project specify directories in logical file names.
Fix security vulnerability involving logical file names.
Make "reread config files" work for ncpus.
Support fetch of files over GUI RPC; allow projects to supply their own web-based GUI.
FreeBSD: check for AVX
Support GUI RPCs as HTTP Post requests.
Register user consent to terms of use.
Enable "Other options" in simple view if no client connected.
Clear "vm_extensions_disabled" flag on startup.
Fix work fetch bug when max_concurrent used.
Unsuspend jobs before telling them to quit.
Sanity-check job runtime limits.
Fix overflow in OpenCL GPU FLOPS calculation.
Windows: show processor group info at startup
Fix stall if --skip_cpu_benchmarks
Fix crash in RSS feed fetch
Windows: fix GUI RPC password generation when running in a VM
Windows: make --dir work

Gridcoin is an open source cryptocurrency (Ticker: GRC) which securely rewards volunteer computing performed upon the BOINC platform in a decentralized manner on top of proof of stake.

BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a distributed Internet platform and was launched beginning of 2002 and it rewards participants with credits for performed work. BOINC is an application available for multiple Operating Systems and uses the unused CPU and GPU cycles on computers to perform scientific work.