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The news outlet Salon is allowing Adblock-using visitors to opt-in to using the JavaScript-based Coinhive tool to mine the cryptocurrency Monero:
Other sites have used cryptocurrency mining in lieu of (or in addition to) advertising. Sometimes, it's done surreptitiously without users' consent — The Pirate Bay admitted to secretly adding Coinhive integration last year, and hackers have planted mining malware on other sites. In this case, it's an opt-in program; a spokesperson tells FT that testing started on Monday.
Salon has an FAQ explaining this move.
Also at Ars Technica.
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(Score: 1) by Paradise Pete on Wednesday February 14 2018, @04:17PM (2 children)
That depends. If not running ads mean sufficiently more visitors and more mining, then they won't run ads. It wouldn't make sense.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday February 14 2018, @06:44PM (1 child)
Seriously?
When have you ever seen them back off running ads? Even in the face of rampant adblockers they just kept piling on more ads.
Remember that these sites incur zero costs when running ads. They don't pay that bandwidth, they just include a link to an advertising network. They don't even have lot of say about the type of ads.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 1) by Paradise Pete on Saturday February 17 2018, @05:17PM
Was my post not clear? If running more ads means sufficiently less mining, then it would be counter-productive to run more ads. You and a few moderators did not understand this?