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An idea I had recently that relates to this - sites use some of your compute power to mine crypto in your browser and credit your wallet some rate, other sites
by ksm1717 6y ago
An idea I had recently that relates to this - sites use some of your compute power to mine crypto in your browser and credit your wallet some rate, other sites like news sites draw from your wallet when you browse
- mbreese 6y agoWouldn't it be more efficient to just send money directly? I mean, the user will still end up paying someone. But with the mining strategy, instead of directly paying sites, the user will pay the electric company.
- ksm1717 6y agoI haven’t thought about it enough, but the other comments talk about credit card fees. And then browsing the internet becomes like a utility. Hopefully the amount you net from (mining - cost of browsing) offsets the extra power usage cost
- 1-more 6y agowhen apple trademarked applecoin I had a harebrained idea that they were gonna offer an ad free internet by letting sites mine on their own ASIC on your phone subject to their terms (no other ads). So far nah. I think the basic attention token was something like this?
- ksm1717 6y agoBasic attention token sounds like this. Would be super cool if you could just drop a webassembly component onto your site and it could run this exchange for you, maybe this is how it works