Is intent to break a law good enough? If I buy a gun and try to shoot someone, it's still a crime even if the gun never worked. If someone signed up to receive

Is intent to break a law good enough? If I buy a gun and try to shoot someone, it's still a crime even if the gun never worked. If someone signed up to receive the code and put it on their website with the intent of mining bitcoins on user's computers (which the NJAG is saying is illegal, I have no idea), is that not also a crime?