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Re:Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners by endlessvoid94 on Sunday September 17, 2017 @03:18PM (#15271215)
What do you mean by unprofitable?

If you have cheap (or free) power, it's absolutely profitable.

EDIT: I see you meant CPU mining, not mining in general. My mistake!

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Re:Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners by always_good on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:01PM (#15271674)
People are fixated on power, but this browser miningware doesn't even pay for the wear on your machine.
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