Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods that match the need for processing capability with the supply of computing resources. Similarly stated, embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods that allow users with a need for computing resources to have their computational problems serve as a basis for cryptocurrency mining. Embodiments described herein also relate to smart contracts such that users with a need for computing resources can stake a payment token such that miners are incentivized to solve a computational problem and are automatically awarded payment upon completion of the computational problem or a subtask associated with the computational problem.