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> Quite some cryptocurrencies use a mining algorithm for which making specialised hardware is impossible There is a GPU miner for Monero (actually, there is a
by viach 9y ago
> Quite some cryptocurrencies use a mining algorithm for which making specialised hardware is impossible
There is a GPU miner for Monero (actually, there is a GPU miner for everything) which turns in-browser mining into not that profitable idea.
- trey-jones 9y agoCryptonight is specifically designed to be more friendly to CPU mining. You can read more about that in the Monero team's recent blog post: https://getmonero.org/2018/02/11/PoW-change-and-key-reuse.html https://getmonero.org/2018/02/11/PoW-change-and-key-reuse.ht... It seems they have opted to prefer browser miners and botnets over centralization caused by dedicated hardware (ASICs). Profitibility in the traditional sense factors in electricity, but when you're using someone else's electricity, that's not a consideration. If you have enough users, the return is quite reasonable for the site owner.