This is a feature request or discussion about whether this feature is possible in the future or not.

Hey guys, posting it here instead of directly to the SideFX team so everyone can add their opinion/suggestion/whatever 🙂

Context: Otoy Octane render has a RNDR [rendernetwork.com] which is a distributed GPU rendering on the blockchain by Octane users for Octane users.

How it works: When you don't use your machine, you can render someone else's frames and earn tokens to use later to render your frames using someone else's machine. If you don't have enough tokens (earned by rendering someone else's frames, you can buy them).

What it might solve: It can be not only a faster way to render frames but also cheaper or even free if you earn enough tokens (or whatever) by rendering for someone else. It might be a future of rendering where solo artists don't have to wait days for 500 frames to render.

Why not: Why not the same for Karma and SideFX licensed users? SideFX team, I would love to hear your vision on that.

More context:
1. Video by Andrey Lebrov: Alembic with Particles, Attributes & Dynamics | RNDR Network [www.youtube.com]
2. Video by Cornelius Dammrich: How to RNDR [www.youtube.com]
3. Unofficial calculator: https://www.rendercalculator.com/ [www.rendercalculator.com]
4. Info about node (render) operator: https://know.rendernetwork.com/getting-started/how-to-get-started-1 [know.rendernetwork.com]
5. Info about someone who requests a render: https://know.rendernetwork.com/getting-started/how-to-get-started [know.rendernetwork.com]


I find it exciting, especially for people who can't afford yet to build their powerful render nodes.

Please, if you see the value in what is mentioned above, share it with the right people or write what you think 🙂 Truly hope that there will be a day when SideFX launches a similar thing.

Thank you.