"I have to disagree. If you make less GRC by crunching a more popular project, I see that as the reward mechanism effectively punishing you. Why should you make less if you did the same amount of FLOP on a different project?"
This is where alot of misunderatanding comes from. no one is being punished. you are rewarded by your "Relative" contribution. It's a competition. the best are rewarded more. if you want more GRC invest more crunchers. Investing is a win win. Science win and you win. and if they can't handle the heat. choose a different project or stick to it because you believe in it.
I agree to an extent, if you want to see it as a competition I don't have a problem with that. My concern has more to do with the fact that you can make 2 or 3 times more by running a different project with the same hardware. I totally agree that if you want to add more crunchers to make more GRC that's a good thing - I think the current reward mechanism actually prevents that from happening.
That is the thing, GRC must be hard to earn to have a value(aka diffuculty) if it easier then its just merely a token of appreciation. because everyone will have a grc of his/her own. thus no demand with big supply
I don't think it should be easier or harder, just that it should be the same for everyone.