This is a real phenomenon that people used to get in trouble for back before the days of cryptocurrency mining. For the EFF cooperative computing awards, we ha

This is a real phenomenon that people used to get in trouble for back before the days of cryptocurrency mining. For the EFF cooperative computing awards, we have a provision about this: > EFF reserves the right to require a more detailed disclosure. For example, EFF may require evidence that the hardware was used legally, with the owner's permission and support. https://www.eff.org/awards/coop/rules https://www.eff.org/awards/coop/rules A particularly notable case where someone was accused of unauthorized computer use for running a distributed computing client back in 2001: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/49898-georgia-cracks-down-on-distributed-computing https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/49898-georgia-cracks-dow...