A couple of months ago I discovered a new fintech startup, JSECoin, which aims to monetize websites by browser mining. After looking at the white paper and their JS code, I decided to give it a try, and installed it on a few websites I (still) run.
The startup grew nicely during the last couple of months, and although I don't use it on steem.supply anymore, I still follow their updates. So it was a nice surprise to see they got whitelisted by one of the biggest anti-virus companies out there, Bitdefender (which happens to be a Romanian company, but that's another story). You can see all the details about this in their latest blog post. Being whitelisted by such a popular company is a big milestone and it happened after Bitdefender audited their script and concluded it's harmless for the user's computers.
Browser mining could be a huge step forward in website monetization, if done right. In my opinion, this is the single pertinent competitor to AdSense, but it faces a lot of hurdles. Probably the most common is anonymous mining of Monero, which made a really bad name to browser mining.
During the next few weeks, JSECoin will also announce their ICO, will keep you posted, if you're interested.
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I already mined 75 Jsecoins , when are they going to get listed on any exchange?
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I find this interesting as another potential way for monetization for websites. How were your results from using on steem.supply?
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I was generating around 0.5 JSECoins / day, or about 50 cents at the proposed price. But since the coin isn't yet traded, you can safely say I made zero dollars with it.
But it was a nice experiment. The discussions I had with the inflamed egos here on Steemit were delicious. :)
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Thanks for the response. That's interesting, sometimes when I using steem.supply I let the script run for around an hour. I was always curious how many coins/tokens it generated.
I actually think this might be a good revenue stream for someone who gets a lot of traffic to their site. The actual concept of browser mining isn't new since I have heard of people using it with BTC many years before. However, with the higher prices with cryptocurrencies, it might be an attractive way to make extra income for content creators/website operators.
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The script is no longer used on steem.supply...
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I have heard a lot about browser mining. Seems like it has big potential. And I always like anything that is considered a competitor to AdSense!
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My Adsense stops working. Is yours still working?
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Thanks for updating about JSEcoin, yes off course much interested to know about it @dragosroua
Steem On!
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yeah i am interesting in this keep us updated
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Thanks for sharing this! I am so fascinated how blockchain technologies are changing the today's web. Decentralisation rules in all its unique forms! :)
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Thanks @dragosroua for updating this info,
that JSECoin Whitelisted By Bitdefender great news. really amazing addition for website monetization.
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Great! I really like your posts! Please don't stop posting.
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lets see how they run their ico if went well i would buy some
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So is it something that you add to your website? Also, does this interfere with adsense, and will it get adsense turned off? its a cool idea and I'm interested in it for sure.
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Browser mining is the only thing left when ad sense gets disabled lol that really hurts
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Bitdefender vouching that their mining is harmless for user's computer has already put JSECoin on the frontline, which would be great for their up coming ico. I look forward to it.
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this was an interesting way to monetize the website thanks for sharing that
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@dragosroua, please do I have to be programmer to set up this browser mining because you made mention of looking the JS code before setting it up on those websites?
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