[dyates]

Yes, it's an experiment I'm running in advertising-alternative monetisation. Importantly, all mining is consensual -- the miner will only run if you open the accordion and hit Play. Not sure if I made that clear enough in the blurb itself, but it's outlined in the linked post:

https://davidyat.es/2017/10/01/js-crypto-mining/

I know these things have gotten a bad rap from various shenanigans with Showtime and TPB, but on my site mining is only done with user knowledge and permission.