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Discussion on: In-Browser Crypto Mining (With Permission) As A Way To Monetize Traffic?

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Dian Fay

I don't doubt people will keep trying it, but I don't see it taking off. Absent the innate problems of cryptocurrencies in general, you're still asking people to trust you to run arbitrary code on their computer. Browser sandboxes aren't impregnable, and there's absolutely no reason for a user to put any more faith in a miner than they do in an advertiser.

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mxnero

On the one hand, yes, but on the other – what's stopping you from running that code either way? If you're really malicious, why ask permission? Most people fail to disable JS in their browser anyway.