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> common for a wannabe Bitcoin millionaires to run mining software on computers and electricity they do not own or pay for Define “common” and provide sources
by keymone 7y ago
> common for a wannabe Bitcoin millionaires to run mining software on computers and electricity they do not own or pay for
Define “common” and provide sources for your claims please.
- jacobush 7y agoMonero Javascript miners are common to this day.
- krageon 7y agoThey're an easy way to donate to people in places where it is hard to transfer money. What exactly is the argument you are making here? Presumably the people running those things are definitely paying for their power one way or the other.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThey get delivered through ads and sites directly in order to steal further resources from unsuspecting site visitors.
- krageon 7y agoThe days when this was either widespread or not blocked by mainstream browsers are behind us. At this point it is mostly scaremongering for no good reason.
- keymone 7y agothe thread is about Bitcoin mining using stolen energy