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Somewhat related question: do web-based cryptomining scripts produce a meaningful profit for website operators? Or is this the sort of thing where the person in
by bastawhiz 7y ago
Somewhat related question: do web-based cryptomining scripts produce a meaningful profit for website operators? Or is this the sort of thing where the person inserting the script is making only a few dollars, but it's so easy to deploy that there's relatively little downside for them?
- Operyl 7y agoDepends on the currency and the size of the site you’ve managed to compromise. It was a bigger thing when coinhive first launched, I feel.
- popotamonga 7y agoa single site with 1k users month used to make me 30€/m. 2 yrs ago.
- disqard 7y agoI'm curious: did you inform your website users that, by visiting your site, they were running a bitcoin miner?
- pojzon 7y agoOfcourse not.. it would be 10 users per month if he did. People dont like to be used even when notified.
- bartread 7y agoI'm curious: how do you think this differs from running ads?
- anilakar 7y agoAny responsible adult who knows the collective environmental effects of cryptomining will refuse to take any part in it, regardless how small they are for running a miner script for thirty seconds or so.
- Kiro 7y agoBe careful with the accusations. I've run cryptominers as well and I always prompt the users since they get a website reward for doing so. Think getting Reddit Gold for mining X minutes.
- brianpgordon 7y agoThe desktop version of The Pirate Bay runs a Monero miner, and tells you so on the homepage. They seem to still be pretty popular.