Making money by using processing power might seem surprising to many people, but it's actually been a widespread practice that has existed since the creation of the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, in 2008. While it is no longer profitable to mine Bitcoin itself, however, several "altcoins," are still profitable to mine. Mining cryptocurrency, at its most basic level, means using raw proccessing power to help the cyrpotcurrency network verify the authenticity of transactions. Because cryptocurrency networks don't have a centralized authority (such as a bank) to prevent fraud, a system called "Proof of Work" is used by these cryptocurrency networks. Anyone around the world can volunteer proccessing power to the cryptocurrency networks, and in return for their assistance, the network automatically pays out small amounts of cryptocurrency. You can find more detailed explanations elsewhere such as this LifeWire article here: https://www.lifewire.com/cryptocoin-mining-for-beginners-2483064

Older laptops can make as little as $0.02, while larger gaming desktops can make up to $2.00. The important thing however, is the amount of processing time you donate to your charity, nonprofit, school, etc.

In order to keep providing our service and the critical functions associated with it, we set aside a portion of the cryptocurrency Manifold generates before we sell it. This guarantees that we can keep improving our software and the efficiency of our services, as well as covering legal, business, and any other fees. Currently, the portion is around 15%, but as Manifold becomes more mainstream, we should be able to drastically lower that percentage. The more people use Manifold, the more efficent we can become.

We select Manifold's default charities based on a combination of user demand and the Non-Profit's reputation. While we already support a wide variety of charities by default (in the application's drop down list), we also hope to continue to add entities through our 6-digit code system.

Please contact our support by clicking on the "Contact Us" button at the top right of this webpage. Please try to be as detailed as possible when describing your issue. We'll be in touch.

We currently mine Monero, as it is one of the few cryptocurrencies that still support CPU mining. However, this is subject to change depending on market fluctuations, technical issues, etc.

In the past, hackers have used cryptocurrency mining on victim's computers to generate money for themselves. Unfortuanately, this means that in some cases, your anti-virus may misidentify Manifold as one of these programs. If you do encounter such an issue please follow these steps: If Manifold was flagged by Windows Defender Enter Windows Security Settings (press the windows button and search for "Windows Security). Click the "Virus & Threat Protection" tab on the left. Click the "Manage settings" button under the "Virus and threat protection" section. Scroll down to the "Exclusions" section and click "Add or remove exclusion." Click "Add an Exclusion," then, "Folder." Select the folder in which you installed Manifold (usually C:\Program Files\Manifold). If Manifold was flagged by Norton Anti-Virus: 1. Locate where Manifold has been installed (usually C:\Program Files\Manifold). 2. Follow steps on Norton's website: https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v3672136

In a Windows 10 computer, go to Settings, select System then Power and Sleep. Under the "When plugged in" settings, set the screen to go off after whatever time works for you, and set the computer to go to sleep "Never".

A small number of computers have issues when Manifold is installed in Window's 32-bit Program Folder instead of its 64-bit folder. Please verify that Manifold's folder exists in C://Program Files rather than C://Program Files (x86). If you find the folder in Program Files (x86), please uninstall Manifold using Windows Programs & Features. After downloading the latest version from this website, be sure to use the "Advanced install" and specify the Program Files folder as the install directory.

We are currently working on upgrading our infrastucture in order to support a higher volume of organizations on a wider scale. If you wish to be notified when this happens, click "notify me" and enter your email on the fundraising section of our website. If for some reason it is inconvienient to wait, please use the "Contact Us" form and we can add you manually.