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by xelxebar 3201 days ago
While I sort of share this sentiment, it fails to acknowledge that BC mining is potentially a better use of our CPU cycles than feeding morally dubious ad networks.

As long as someone is upfront about the whole thing, I would honestly not mind. It feels like an improvement over the current status quo.

In fact, since CPU cycles are so easy to give away, I'd probably end up doing so more readily than having to pull out my wallet and run through the hassle of registration and payment.