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by lioeters 2268 days ago
> assemble ad-hoc clusters using volunteer browsers

It sounds far-fetched, but I think it may eventually become practical with WASM and WebRTC, to use peer-to-peer networking for distributed computing.

Closest example in that direction, I've heard of malicious WASM payloads that mine cryptocurrencies:

Persistent drive-by cryptomining coming to a browser near you (2017)

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2017/11/persistent-...

I'm optimistic that people will find socially beneficial application of this idea.