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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by Kiro on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:12AM (#15336784)
Why would they block miner.pr0gramm.com, which is only used in one specific place (the pr0gramm site itself) where you need to explicitly press a start button to mine?
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by zdkl on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:38AM (#15337318)
"More than $BIGNUM entries? These guys know what they're doing!"
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by Kiro on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:44AM (#15338109)
My point is that it's clear that you mine when you use their miner. You get premium points on the website as a reward. How is that shady? I think it's a perfect use case of where a web miner makes sense as an alternative monetization method.
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