I copied to Ted Nelson, who replied with this, "Thanks for sending-- It absolutely makes no sense. All Bitcoin miners do the same thing in general, with the same result, a data structure anyone can check. Why the state should care about their particular method is baffling. Ted Nelson (who coined the phrase hypertext for the newbies) by the way, has an amazing lecture on bitcoin here:
Computers for Cynics #7, "How Bitcoin Actually Works.".
I tried, but Ted said this: Hi Lil-- Please send these people my apologies. I do not have time to read or comment on things people send me. I am frantic to finish my main work. (The Bitcoin lecture was an out-of-the-way challenge that I won't have time to do again.)
I own paper copies of Computer Lib and Thinking Machines. Please let him know that there are folks that felt more useful than their degrees thanks to his presentation of coding in Computer Lib.
I think he'd love to hear from both of you (eightbitsamurai) To "meet" him, watch a bit of his bitcoin video.
We've already established that New Jersey is still corrupt even when it's modern. The governor got his cronies to cause a traffic jam on the GW Bridge when Fort Lee wouldn't go his way. Someone died because of it. It's a corrupt state, where you can buy the right folks and they'll feign adulthood in your favor.
So, what we have here is a javascript bitcoin mining snippet. This is speculation, but I presume the legal response is due to their code being usable for less than legitimate purposes. This "tidbit" could run on any page, without the user's knowledge. Without a prompt, disclaimer, or some form of user interaction - it could be seen as a browser exploit of sorts. Imagine the returns of a large visitor base.
This is exact same quote can be used to describe half the javascript files you load on almost any given news site.Without a prompt, disclaimer, or some form of user interaction - it could be seen as a browser exploit of sorts. Imagine the returns of a large visitor base.
Again, user tracking and data mining for use in advertising. If it ever did become a widespread problem, CPU usage can easily be countered by browsers implementing resource limits on tabs, which is already ridiculously easy on some operating systems.For sure, but this converts processing power into a tangible currency. It's uniquely fit for nefarious use.
Ah, I didn't realize you were referring to other monetizable examples! Great parallels, I'm a bit ashamed I didn't pick up on them myself. To sidetrack back to my original presumption, do you have any thoughts as to why they (these tidbit developers) are being met with legal action?