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It only really makes sense with browser-level cpu scheduling. Otherwise there's no real way to throttle the amount of cpu these bitcoin miners take from you. W

It only really makes sense with browser-level cpu scheduling. Otherwise there's no real way to throttle the amount of cpu these bitcoin miners take from you. Without that, I think people are unlikely to be sympathetic and they'll be snagged by ad blockers rapidly: consent is the cornerstone of products people like.

darawk 9y ago
It's possible to throttle. Perform n hashes, wait 100ms, repeat.
- seandougall 9y ago
  Certainly it's possible for the script author to throttle. Not so much for the web site visitor.
  - jopsen 9y ago
    I hope it's just a matter of time before browsers start to throttle sites... Or maybe search rankings will be affected by CPU usage, and bandwidth.
    - flukus 9y ago
      Chrome has added throttling for inactive tabs. The problem is this is an active tab open for long stretches of time doing a somewhat cpu intensive task, so throttling isn't an option. I also doubt that be too adversely affected by slipping down the search rankings in this case.
    - hubcaps 9y ago
      Bandwidth and loads time already do play a part in search rankings, at least with Google.
      - swsieber 9y ago
        Which is a lot easier toeasure than long running CPU usage unfortunately (at least not without privacy concerns - e.g. getting real world data from users)
CoryHallpdp11 9y ago
adblock-nocoin-list https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/ https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/
- reecree 9y ago
  This is great! Thanks!
- Kiro 9y ago
  Why would they block miner.pr0gramm.com, which is only used in one specific place (the pr0gramm site itself) where you need to explicitly press a start button to mine?
  - zdkl 9y ago
    "More than $BIGNUM entries? These guys know what they're doing!"
    - Kiro 9y ago
      My point is that it's clear that you mine when you use their miner. You get premium points on the website as a reward. How is that shady? I think it's a perfect use case of where a web miner makes sense as an alternative monetization method.

darawk 9y ago

It's possible to throttle. Perform n hashes, wait 100ms, repeat.

seandougall 9y ago
Certainly it's possible for the script author to throttle. Not so much for the web site visitor.
- jopsen 9y ago
  I hope it's just a matter of time before browsers start to throttle sites... Or maybe search rankings will be affected by CPU usage, and bandwidth.
  - flukus 9y ago
    Chrome has added throttling for inactive tabs. The problem is this is an active tab open for long stretches of time doing a somewhat cpu intensive task, so throttling isn't an option. I also doubt that be too adversely affected by slipping down the search rankings in this case.
  - hubcaps 9y ago
    Bandwidth and loads time already do play a part in search rankings, at least with Google.
    - swsieber 9y ago
      Which is a lot easier toeasure than long running CPU usage unfortunately (at least not without privacy concerns - e.g. getting real world data from users)

CoryHallpdp11 9y ago

adblock-nocoin-list https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/ https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/

reecree 9y ago
This is great! Thanks!
Kiro 9y ago
Why would they block miner.pr0gramm.com, which is only used in one specific place (the pr0gramm site itself) where you need to explicitly press a start button to mine?
- zdkl 9y ago
  "More than $BIGNUM entries? These guys know what they're doing!"
  - Kiro 9y ago
    My point is that it's clear that you mine when you use their miner. You get premium points on the website as a reward. How is that shady? I think it's a perfect use case of where a web miner makes sense as an alternative monetization method.