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Years back I had the idea of a patreon-like site, where people could support a person/project by keeping a tab open, mining. Nothing like it materialized afaik,
by proto-n 5y ago
Years back I had the idea of a patreon-like site, where people could support a person/project by keeping a tab open, mining. Nothing like it materialized afaik, guess none of the usual pow algos really shine in browser tabs.
- dljsjr 5y agoMost modern browsers throttle or suspend JS execution in tabs that don't have focus anyway.
- danielvaughn 5y agoAh this is a good point. So it would literally need to be visible, focused, and the computer likely shouldn't enter sleep mode during the mining process. That's a lot of hoops.
- hutzlibu 5y agoVisible is enough. It does not have to be focused. It can mostly also be covered by other (browser) windows, but if it is minimized or in another tab, it gets throttled. That hit me a few times, but ads and malware ruined that for everyone. (and there is no simple permission dialog possible, where you ask the user to allow it)