[beiller]

I have also tried making a coinhive clone. Sparechange. We fully investigate any complaints and ban API keys immediately after investigation. The only reason to keep mining with a known bad key is greed.

also edit - we are working on a way for site owners to validate their site via a DNS entry or something, and only allow keys to mine on validated sites. We want to make this space less scummy!

[berkes]

Thanks for plugging here. I researched the space for an article (featured on HN frontpage) a few months ago, but did not come across SpareChange. Back then I found coinhive to be the "only properly implemented authed" system, so I used that as an example. I'll wait how CoinHive comes out of this sh*tstorm and decide if I'll change my example to yours instead.

Also good to see there is (i) more improvement possible, (ii) ongoing investigation and (iii) competition in this space. Keep it strong, ignore the haters.