Nimiq is building a new platform quite similar but in a much bigger scale. The team said that browsers are very secure as you store passwords in there and so on. JavaScript for mining can be very used in the future indeed.
Is this coin asics and GPU resistant?
Have had a quick reply as always from James:
From: James Bachini
Date: 19 September 2017 at 7:36:53 am BST
To: Richard Jacobs
Subject: Re: JSEcoin "Referral"
Hi Richard,
It uses SHA256 but mining rewards algorithm doesn't look for the best hash so it's completely resistant to ASIC and GPU miners. Our rewards program for publishers works more like an ad network based on unique visitors and impressions as opposed to the highest accuracy hash.
So while in theory you could use GPU mining for example (and we have tested this ourselves) there is no benefit to doing so as sending a perfect hash or a million hashes wont earn a user any more than sending one per block.
Kind regards,
James