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If there is a Bitcoin bubble you can be sure that there will be people doing things like this, regardless of whether it's ethical or not. From the site visitor
by motters 15y ago
If there is a Bitcoin bubble you can be sure that there will be people doing things like this, regardless of whether it's ethical or not. From the site visitor's point of view they're not getting a cut of the mined coins, so their high CPU usage is purely a waste and annoyance. If widely deployed, this sort of browser based CPU wasting enterprise could bring Bitcoin into disrepute and be an excuse for governments to treat it as a cyber-threat.
- AffableSpatula 15y agobanner ads are also, on the whole, a waste and annoyance; so not much of a change there It is probably fair to say most people don't care all that much provided their user experience is not noticeably impacted, but it looks like this work is failing to deliver in that respect. If they manage to throttle CPU usage effectively then this is at least a semi-feasible alternative to "monetizing" traffic.. I find that quite interesting conceptually, even if it doesn't work in practice at the moment.
- motters 15y agoI suppose it's a question of degree. If not too much CPU resource is consumed then perhaps it is an acceptable way to monetize web sites - although this would only work for high traffic sites, and would become less lucrative over time. There is a bit of a moral hazard though, in that it would be in the interest of the host to consume as much client CPU resource as possible, without rendering their browsing experience too unpleasant.