Starbucks in-store wifi provider in Buenos Aires uses CoinHive

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Post by DyslexicAtheist » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 3:58 PM UTC

Starbucks in-store wifi provider in Buenos Aires uses CoinHive
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#2

Post by flibble » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:17 PM UTC

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

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Post by ct0 » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:20 PM UTC

flibble wrote: post #2

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

I wonder if sbux even knows. Im sure theyve outsourced their wifi by now...

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Post by dvdhnt » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:20 PM UTC

flibble wrote: post #2

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

Probably $0 after the backlash, perhaps even net negative.

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Post by zenon » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

The Coinhive script mines Monero: https://coinhive.com/ . It's been a while since JavaScript Bitcoin mining was feasible :)

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Post by diggan » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

flibble wrote: post #2

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

Not sure about the ROI, but I do know that Coin-Hive (which is being used in this "trick") mines Monero, not Bitcoin.

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Post by ryangittins » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:23 PM UTC

flibble wrote: post #2

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

Even if they did this in all Starbucks locations, I can't see it really making any money. Ten seconds on a laptop CPU rounds to zero. Coinhive has just never made any sense to me in practice. Maybe 5+ years ago, but not today. What a mismatch of effort and timing.

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Post by criddell » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:26 PM UTC

flibble wrote: post #2

Does anyone have an idea of the ROI on this? I'm thinking you'd need a massive number of 10 second to mine any meaningful number of BTC on consumer laptops.

I've wondered what the ROI would be for me to leave my home office computer mining bitcoin while I'm at work. I know the likelihood of me mining something is tiny, but so is the expected payout when I buy a lotto ticket.

I spent about $20 / year on lotto tickets (basically whenever Powerball gets near a record jackpot). That same amount of money will keep my i5 ThinkPad running for a long time. Am I more likely to mine some Bitcoin or win the lottery?

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#9

Post by crb002 » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

CPU for services seems legit as long as they give an affirmative checkoff.

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Post by technofiend » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:28 PM UTC

crb002 wrote: post #9

CPU for services seems legit as long as they give an affirmative checkoff.

Are you suggesting it'll become part of the click-through license agreement in future?