Quote from: Savik on February 14, 2018, 01:58:39 AM

Quote from: JetSet11 on February 14, 2018, 01:52:14 AM

Quote from: bigboy61 on February 13, 2018, 07:43:11 PM

I think this idea has some serious flaws. In fact, I believe the project will fail because people don't want their CPUs being used for mining. Period. They don't want adds, but they want to mine Cryptos for someone else even less. Just look at the recent headlines about crypto-currency mining adds. I know they aren't the same. However, when people hear about this, they are going to equate it with the same thing. If it ever makes it mainstream, their will be major backlash.

That's what I thought at first. Then, I realized that current advertisers and websites are already quite intrusive. They used data from your search habits, and they insert files into your browser (cookies) that keep track of your activities. I think that Oyster's CPU-borrowing can become commonplace in the same way that cookies have.

If I had a choice between current ad trackers that snoop on your browsing history, or giving up a small % of CPU then I would definitely chose the CPU.

I'm with you - I prefer CPU above ads. It would best to give a website visitor a choice I think.