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Mining my way to grad school: an experiment in collaborative mining

8 points by willj 9y ago

eximius 9y ago
The links don't work on mobile. Is it just another JS miner?
- Choco31415 9y ago
  It seems yes. From the website: What is this site? Part social experiment, part desperate attempt to pay for grad school. My dream school will likely cost around $100,000. I have set a goal of mining 1,000 Monero (with your help!) to cover this cost. The site was inspired by The Million Dollar Homepage, which itself was a (very successful) project to pay for the owner’s university education. This project is also a take on the new ways sites are trying to monetize their content. Similarly to how The Million Dollar Homepage was entirely a site of ads, turning the model of ad-supported content on its head, this site is entirely dedicated to mining.
- willj 9y ago
  Sorry, do the links below the miner not work? Yes, it is another miner, but the idea was to flip the idea on its head. Instead of being a site that annoyingly is also using your CPU cycles without your permission, this site is just a miner and that's all. Similar to the Million Dollar Homepage from the 2000s.
  - qbrass 9y ago
    The Million Dollar Homepage offered something for the people who bought into it. You're not giving people a sense of ownership of the work they've done for you beyond a leaderboard that's pseudo-anonymous. Let them leave a message or something so they can fight for top posting.
    - willj 9y ago
      Hmm, interesting idea. The only thing I'd be worried about is moderating those messages to be "appropriate". I'll think about this more. Thanks for the idea.
    - willj 9y ago
      OK, I updated it so that users can have a custom name instead of just the pseudo-anonymous hashed IP addresses. Thanks again for the idea!
rfw 9y ago
You want people to mine for you for... nothing in return?
- willj 9y ago
  See the comment above, and on my website. Yes- this is an experiment akin to and inspired by The Million Dollar Homepage. I don't know if it will work, but it's an idea.

8 points by willj 9y ago

eximius 9y ago

The links don't work on mobile. Is it just another JS miner?

Choco31415 9y ago
It seems yes. From the website: What is this site? Part social experiment, part desperate attempt to pay for grad school. My dream school will likely cost around $100,000. I have set a goal of mining 1,000 Monero (with your help!) to cover this cost. The site was inspired by The Million Dollar Homepage, which itself was a (very successful) project to pay for the owner’s university education. This project is also a take on the new ways sites are trying to monetize their content. Similarly to how The Million Dollar Homepage was entirely a site of ads, turning the model of ad-supported content on its head, this site is entirely dedicated to mining.
willj 9y ago
Sorry, do the links below the miner not work? Yes, it is another miner, but the idea was to flip the idea on its head. Instead of being a site that annoyingly is also using your CPU cycles without your permission, this site is just a miner and that's all. Similar to the Million Dollar Homepage from the 2000s.
- qbrass 9y ago
  The Million Dollar Homepage offered something for the people who bought into it. You're not giving people a sense of ownership of the work they've done for you beyond a leaderboard that's pseudo-anonymous. Let them leave a message or something so they can fight for top posting.
  - willj 9y ago
    Hmm, interesting idea. The only thing I'd be worried about is moderating those messages to be "appropriate". I'll think about this more. Thanks for the idea.
  - willj 9y ago
    OK, I updated it so that users can have a custom name instead of just the pseudo-anonymous hashed IP addresses. Thanks again for the idea!

rfw 9y ago

You want people to mine for you for... nothing in return?

willj 9y ago
See the comment above, and on my website. Yes- this is an experiment akin to and inspired by The Million Dollar Homepage. I don't know if it will work, but it's an idea.