Excellent follow up.

I think a conversation still needs to be had, particularly in the GRC and BOINC community.  I can't seem to shake this thought:

Before Gridcoin, CE is fine -- more compute for science.  Now that there is money involved, there are much deeper ethical questions to answer, so:

Should a third party middleman entity (charity engine) profit off the processing power of others, particularly the vulnerable and less technically inclined?

No need to answer right away, but store this one in the back of your minds and let's see what comes.