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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by rdlecler1 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:41AM (#15337333)
If this became mainstream I’m sure we would find more efficient solutions.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by qbrass on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:15PM (#15340000)
Someone will just package a mining ASIC with an API that lets advertisers use it directly and market it as a way to speed up web browsing.

Maybe Intel will throw it on their chips as a processor extension.

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