Aura's GammaNow desktop app uses your idle computing time to earn you rewards.
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Blockchain startup Aura will offer gaming rewards for your idle computer time

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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These days, everybody wants to use your unused computer time. Aura is the latest blockchain company to make you an offer you can’t refuse while you’re AFK.

Aura’s GammaNow is a desktop app that lets PC gamers lend their idle computing power in exchange for rewards such as in-game credits, skins, hardware discounts, meets and greets with game celebrities, and esports tickets. GammaNow is available for download in beta form.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.