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[–] jidlaph 5 points (+5|-0)

A few weeks back The Pirate Bay was caught running a cryptocurrency miner in users' browsers running JavaScript. Phuks devs decided that was a great way to cover expenses without running ads or selling emails or whatnot, so they crafted an opt-in version and made a leaderboard.

[–] GreenTreeFrog 2 points (+2|-0)

How does it run and what access does it give you to my computer?

[–] jidlaph 1 points (+1|-0)

How does it run

Quick-and-easy way is go to https://phuks.co/miner and press the 'start mining' button (Ublock Origin might block it, so add an exception if that's the case). The more enthusiastic contributors are running a proper miner for more hashes-per-second.

what access does it give you to my computer?

I don't image it's very much, but you'd have to ask an actual dev. @pembo @Polsaker you guys care to weigh in?

[–] Polsaker 0 points (+0|-0)

jidlaph explained how it works, and it doesn't give us any access to your computer. you're basically resolving hashes and sending us the answer