Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail?
by tmarman on Sunday March 10, 2019 @04:56PM
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I tried it on a couple of sites I have with ~1k users using pretty heavily. I made $1.50 USD over a couple of months, and most complained that it was being blocked/giving security warnings when visiting the site.
Not that I am making much from ads either, but it just really wasn't worth it. Affiliate revenue, while small on a grand scheme, was much more effective .
Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail?
by detaro on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:35PM
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Even at the start their rates were fairly bad, price crashes + being blocked must have made it a lot worse. And few legit sites are going to use something that gets them branded as hosting malware, even if only some of their users use software detecting it.
Additionally they (or some alternative) may have been able to improve the software and create a simple consent process to avoid being blacklisted.