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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by yuhong on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:46PM (#15335561)
It would be fun if AES-NI support was added to JavaScript engines, though it would need a standard.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by duskwuff on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:23PM (#15335891)
As far as I'm aware, AES calculations aren't a component of any cryptocurrency.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by mrb on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:19AM (#15336122)
Yes, Monero uses the CryptoNote PoW algorithm which uses AES.
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