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Quite right, however if it's not your own machine you're using to mine BTC, then you have neither the cost of hardware nor power to contend with.
And since we're talking about a separate computing system on the mainboard, 99.9% of the users probably wouldn't notice anything strange.
Imagine a botnet of a few dozen thousands of these mining for you.
Exactly. Mining by web browser hidden javascript is about the worst way to mine ths side of an old Basic interpreter. But if it isn't your electricicity and you have millions of people inadvertently doing it for you, it's very doable.
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Quite right, however if it's not your own machine you're using to mine BTC, then you have neither the cost of hardware nor power to contend with.
And since we're talking about a separate computing system on the mainboard, 99.9% of the users probably wouldn't notice anything strange.
Imagine a botnet of a few dozen thousands of these mining for you.
Re:Repurposed... (Score:2)
Exactly. Mining by web browser hidden javascript is about the worst way to mine ths side of an old Basic interpreter. But if it isn't your electricicity and you have millions of people inadvertently doing it for you, it's very doable.