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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by cptskippy on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:36PM (#15335521)
What about a clever webgl shader to leverage the GPU?
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by jiggunjer on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:04AM (#15336327)
Or a browser that offers a first-class mining API. Then we'll see every device come with a specialized mining chip. As long as you meet the required number of hashes you get the add-free experience.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by aaron-lebo on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:43AM (#15336893)
Sounds like an abomination.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by jiggunjer on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:30AM (#15338011)
It might force devs to optimize code more, since there will never be any more spare cycles muhahaha
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