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BarryH
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Need clarification on credits

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I've been running the folding client for about a week now and, even though my runtime is typically a small fraction of the deadline time, I seem to always be stuck with the baseline credit. As an example, I had a work unit with a "Deadline" of 2d 18h and "Run time" of 3h 54m but was still stuck with the "Base Credit" value. Am I looking at the wrong values for deadline_length/elapsed_time ratio?

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Re: Need clarification on credits

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You need to get passkey for your bonus to activate. When passkey is entered in Account Settings section, it takes 10 returned WUs for bonus to start counting
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Re: Need clarification on credits

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There are FAQs for Points- https://foldingathome.org/faq/points/ - and Passkeys - https://foldingathome.org/faq/points/passkey/. The second one includes a link to where you can request a passkey.

To sum up, to get the bonus points you need to a. have a passkey, b. complete and return 10 WUs, and c. maintain an 80% or better completion rate of WUs assigned to your username and passkey.
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