TPB implementing permanent Javascript cryptocurrency miner to the site, thoughts?

12-10-2017, 01:47 AM

Widget Wrote: True, but torrent sites are closing left and right due to funding, and others are getting taken down. The MAFIAA are trying to target the TPB by reducing the amount of ads and trying to kill them at the source, so you have to credit their ingenuity at finding an alternative method to keep the cash stream flowing.

I don't honestly think it will. I mean, you can always downlock ublocker or a javascript blocker for most (if not all) browsers, and that solves the problem. Most dedicated people will opt to turn those off when they go and search around on those sites. I mean, it's throttled at like 0.3, which isn't a lot of CPU usage, a noticeable spike yeah, but not by much.

Lmao MaPhiAA
I recommend MinerBlock or No Coin.

And who's to say that there won't be a site that doesn't care and unlimits the bandwidth unlike TPB? That CPU usage will spike much higher than what it currently is at.

The way TPB implements it right now is very dynamic - they can feign ignorance and say "it's not us". For instance, they can make it only activate on certain banner ads, or once every 5th person, etc.

EDIT: Mind you that you can't opt out of it. CloudFlare suspended a torrent site where you couldactually opt out of it. On top of that, Coinhive is also trying to crack down on people who don't inform their users of the miner and don't provide an option to opt out. Makes you think about what kind of people are running TPB.