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There's nothing really unique about this compared to any other app that you allow to run on your computer. It's a great reason to only install from trusted sou

There's nothing really unique about this compared to any other app that you allow to run on your computer. It's a great reason to only install from trusted sources and be very wary of cracked software, keygens, etc.

dllthomas 13y ago
Well, a higher percentage of users of this are likely to be interested in bitcoin. Since what matters is "total number of bitcoin wallets you access" and misses don't really cost you much, I don't know that it matters, though.
- kylebrown 13y ago
  Misses definitely cost something. PPI (pay per install) affiliate programs have a floor price (iirc about $0.10 - $0.50 per install last i checked). Its higher than e-mail spam, but even that has a price. Targeted traffic costs more, but has higher conversion ratios. I don't think bitcoin wallets are so generic that you'd get a measurable number of wallets on generic traffic. You'd have to get many thousands of installs to even get one.
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    Is there a pay-per-install affiliate program involved here?
    - kylebrown 13y ago
      Your claim that "misses don't cost much" wasn't about the OP, it was about a hypothetical thought experiment. At the very least, misses cost the labor/opportunity of building, marketing, and distributing a generic executable (eg malware inside a windows screen saver). PPI payout rate provides a market estimate of the cost for that service.
      - dllthomas 13y ago
        Ah, your argument was "a miss here is a missed opportunity to do something else, so they should be pricing in the opportunity cost." Valid, I think, but I've got to give the ramifications more thought for any sort of substantive response.
- jakejake 13y ago
  Definitely true a bitcoin-related app is going to have a much greater percentage of hitting people with bitcoin wallets than, say, a crack for photoshop. But, the point being that any software from an unknown or untrusted source should be installed with great caution.

dllthomas 13y ago

Well, a higher percentage of users of this are likely to be interested in bitcoin. Since what matters is "total number of bitcoin wallets you access" and misses don't really cost you much, I don't know that it matters, though.

kylebrown 13y ago
Misses definitely cost something. PPI (pay per install) affiliate programs have a floor price (iirc about $0.10 - $0.50 per install last i checked). Its higher than e-mail spam, but even that has a price. Targeted traffic costs more, but has higher conversion ratios. I don't think bitcoin wallets are so generic that you'd get a measurable number of wallets on generic traffic. You'd have to get many thousands of installs to even get one.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  Is there a pay-per-install affiliate program involved here?
  - kylebrown 13y ago
    Your claim that "misses don't cost much" wasn't about the OP, it was about a hypothetical thought experiment. At the very least, misses cost the labor/opportunity of building, marketing, and distributing a generic executable (eg malware inside a windows screen saver). PPI payout rate provides a market estimate of the cost for that service.
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      Ah, your argument was "a miss here is a missed opportunity to do something else, so they should be pricing in the opportunity cost." Valid, I think, but I've got to give the ramifications more thought for any sort of substantive response.
jakejake 13y ago
Definitely true a bitcoin-related app is going to have a much greater percentage of hitting people with bitcoin wallets than, say, a crack for photoshop. But, the point being that any software from an unknown or untrusted source should be installed with great caution.