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You are right. However, CoinHive seems to care about this (at least superficially). Check out their AuthedMiner.


According to this, they don't seem to care at all: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbpbz4/creators-o...

>The team don’t specifically track domains, so if a user’s email address is not, for example, “contact@website.com,” Coinhive often don’t know where or how the service is being used, though.

So they don't keep track of who uses the software (perfect for malicious users), and yes they offer an AuthedMiner but why are they still offering payouts to people who use the version which runs without user consent?

It's like me selling illegal firearms in the back of my store and people saying "Hey, he is really concerned about the negative effects of illegal arms dealing, that's why he sells legal firearms in the front of the store!"


I agree. There's probably room for an actor and competitor to CoinHive who takes this very seriously.




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