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Re:Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine... by kawliga on Thursday March 27, 2014 @02:57AM (#7478989)
I wonder if one could create a pyramid scheme app out of this? An invite only one.

1st guy - 100% mining load & all profit.

2nd and 3rd guy split the mining load and 99.99% of the profit.

and so on...

Re:Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine... by kawliga on Thursday March 27, 2014 @03:11AM (#7479031)
wait... forget invite only - anyone could download.

Your rank would depend upon how early you became a member and how often you leave the app running. The mining load would increase/decrease depending upon how many users are running the app at the time.

Also, place ads on the app.

Re:Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine... by riffraff on Thursday March 27, 2014 @03:51AM (#7479107)