{"id":12270,"date":"2020-11-06T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/06\/the-rise-and-fall-of-browser-crypto-mining-is-this-still-a-thing-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-11-06T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:00:07","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-browser-crypto-mining-is-this-still-a-thing-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/06\/the-rise-and-fall-of-browser-crypto-mining-is-this-still-a-thing-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise and fall of Browser Crypto Mining (is this still a thing in 2020?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G03nUpZfKx8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Learn more about how crypto mining was possible in web browsers and how they managed to become flagged as malware by antivirus software!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0e RESOURCES MENTIONED \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\nWebMinePool Virtual Crypto Farm Plugin for WordPress \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/product\/webminepool-virtual-crypto-farm-plugin-for-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/product\/webminepool-virtual-crypto-farm-plugin-for-wordpress\/<\/a><br \/>\nMy Little Plugin Shop \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/shop\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 ABOUT THIS VIDEO \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\nCrypto mining scripts worked very well back in 2018, there was also CoinHive, a big player in the market, with high quality scripts and service, which was shut down since then.<br \/>\nThe reason why it shut down and the reason why browser crypto mining went downhill was because people saw the great potential it had and started abusing this tech like crazy. You could see websites with crypto mining firing up in the background, using all CPU cores with 100% usage, without asking any visitor consent. They practically had no limitation on settings, scripts could be set up to use as many resources as there were available on user machines.<br \/>\nAdBlockers picked this behavior up and started blocking the miner scripts. Even worse, antivirus companies picked this up also (and took it personally), they categorized all crypto miner scripts as malware. Since this happened, people get a warning from their AV program that the website they are using contains malware&#8230;<br \/>\nCrypto mining companies were hit like crazy by this, some tried to adapt and survive, some tried the nice way and were not running without user consent (but still, no change in AV behavior because of this), others tried obfuscating their scripts and hiding their presence from AVs (the smart ones still catch up).<br \/>\nBack then, i also jumped in on this idea, i found it very promising, even created 4 WordPress plugins that very specially designed for browser based crypto mining (for CoinHive, CoinImp, CryptoLoot and WebMinePool) but i had to shut down all these ideas because of the paradigm shift caused by greedy webmasters who used up all visitor CPU resources.<br \/>\nEven CodeCanyon removed all crypto miner scripts from their market (yes, before the change, they were accepting them also).<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca5 Join my FREE newsletter to discover my insights (and also to get the YouTube Caption Scraper plugin for FREE) \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.mailchimpsites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.mailchimpsites.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbb MY WORDPRESS PLUGINS \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.envato.market\/coderevolutionplugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/1.envato.market\/coderevolutionplugins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6[SPECIAL OFFER] GET ALL MY PLUGINS AT ONCE! &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/1.envato.market\/bundle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/1.envato.market\/bundle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbb MY COURSES \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.teachable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.teachable.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2705 CAN I HELP YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS \u2753<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf0d Become a member of my website today, to enjoy premium tutorials: <a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/join-the-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.ro\/join-the-site\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2705 EITHER WAY, CAN WE KEEP IN TOUCH \u2753<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd17 Join the CodeRevolution VIP List here \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/coderevolution.mailchimpsites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/coderevolution.mailchimpsites.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f TALK TO ME AND FOLLOW CODEREVOLUTION \ud83d\udca5 ON SOCIAL MEDIA \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\nInstagram \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coderevolution_envato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coderevolution_envato\/<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CodeRevolution.envato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CodeRevolution.envato\/<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/code2revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/code2revolution<\/a><br \/>\nLinkedIn \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/18002194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/18002194<\/a><br \/>\nPinterest \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/caddy_lagaristu\/coderevolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/pinterest.com\/caddy_lagaristu\/coderevolution\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 ABOUT CODEREVOLUTION TV \ud83d\ude03<br \/>\nHello, I\u2019m Szabi, a 32 years old guy living with my wife and our beautiful 4 year old daughter Maya. 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