[rihegher]

In theory it could be a revolution I guess, in practice I'm not sure it would mine enough coin and so generate enough income to be worth it.

But having an equivalent using GPU in application like games may be profitable.

[solnyshok]

looking at how GTA V utilizes all 4 cores on various CPUs, always hovering at 80-100%, I already suspect that they use gamers' PCs for mining

[TeMPOraL]

Or maybe they simply alter the rate of some CPU-bound simulation components within the open world?