The easiest way to earn from your PC.
Your PC has compute and bandwidth that often sit unused. Salad connects eligible capacity to real customer workloads while you're away and rewards you for contributing it. Redeem your balance for PayPal cash, RENDER and other crypto rewards, prepaid cards, gift cards, games, and more.
Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit · Version 1.9.27 · Best earning potential: NVIDIA RTX 3060 or later, a 4-core CPU, and 12 GB RAM. Other NVIDIA and AMD GPUs may still qualify for GPU, CPU, or bandwidth workloads.
Leave the keyboard. Start chopping.
Install Salad
Install the Windows app, create your Chef account, and choose how your machine can contribute. You control when Salad runs and can pause it anytime.
Share when you're away
Choose when Salad runs: manually, or automatically when your PC is idle. Pause anytime you want your hardware back.
Earn Salad Balance
Your PC may contribute GPU compute, CPU compute, or bandwidth, depending on your hardware, settings, location, and current demand.
Redeem
Spend your balance in the Storefront on PayPal, RENDER and other crypto rewards, prepaid cards, Amazon and other gift cards, games, subscriptions, and charity donations.
Choose how you redeem.
Turn Salad Balance into the rewards Chefs use most: PayPal cash, crypto, prepaid cards, popular gift cards, games, subscriptions, and charitable donations.
PayPal
Send Salad Balance straight to your PayPal account.
RENDER & crypto
Redeem for supported crypto rewards, including RENDER.
Prepaid cards
Choose digital Visa and Mastercard rewards.
Gift cards & more
Amazon and other gift cards, games, subscriptions, and charity options.
From the Kitchen.
"Salad is incredibly easy to set up and use, offers great rewards like Nitro and Amazon gift cards, and allows me to pause and resume whenever I need my hardware."
Kyle LePrevost · Cybersecurity architect"Ever since discovering Salad, I've stopped letting my computer sit idle, wasting electricity. Instead, I've put my PC to work and earned rewards which I can easily redeem on the storefront."
Netanel Takuni · Logistics specialist"I've been using Salad for about six months, and it's been a significant shift from traditional crypto mining for me. Embracing this platform has allowed me to explore new and exciting ways to utilize my computer hardware."
Brandon Coin · BC-PC.comReal work, in a sealed box.
Customer compute workloads run inside an isolated virtual machine, separate from Windows and your personal files. Salad shows when a workload is active, but does not reveal the customer, workload type, or workload contents.
- Compute workloads run in an isolated Linux VM, separate from Windows
- Customer workloads cannot browse your Windows files
- You choose when Salad runs and can pause instantly
- Crypto mining is presented during signup, enabled by default, and can be disabled in settings
What earns best?
| OS | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| GPU | A broad range of NVIDIA and AMD cards is supported; NVIDIA RTX 3060 or later currently has the best access to high-earning GPU workloads |
| CPU | 4 cores or more recommended; some Chefs earn primarily through CPU workloads |
| RAM | 12 GB or more gives your machine access to more workload types |
| Connection | Stable broadband; your PC awake and online |
Eligibility and earnings vary by workload, demand, and region. Older GPUs and systems outside the optimal profile may still qualify for GPU, CPU, or bandwidth workloads. Check the Help Portal for detailed compatibility.
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