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In theory, it's a great idea being 100% opt-in and all. But in practice, we know that CoinHive is being used largely as malware, being injected in third-party
by abusoufiyan 9y ago
In theory, it's a great idea being 100% opt-in and all.
But in practice, we know that CoinHive is being used largely as malware, being injected in third-party sites to enrich hackers. And it's not a nice move to support that ecosystem and the company which clearly doesn't give two damns that their software is enabling so much hacking.
- Kiro 9y agoYou are right. However, CoinHive seems to care about this (at least superficially). Check out their AuthedMiner.
- abusoufiyan 9y agoAccording to this, they don't seem to care at all: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbpbz4/creators-of-in-browser-cryptocurrency-miner-coinhive-say-their-reputation-couldnt-be-much-worse https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbpbz4/creators-o... >The team don’t specifically track domains, so if a user’s email address is not, for example, “contact@website.com,” Coinhive often don’t know where or how the service is being used, though. So they don't keep track of who uses the software (perfect for malicious users), and yes they offer an AuthedMiner but why are they still offering payouts to people who use the version which runs without user consent? It's like me selling illegal firearms in the back of my store and people saying "Hey, he is really concerned about the negative effects of illegal arms dealing, that's why he sells legal firearms in the front of the store!"
- Kiro 9y agoI agree. There's probably room for an actor and competitor to CoinHive who takes this very seriously.