Quote from: coinflow on June 04, 2014, 01:18:01 PM

Quote from: mvag on June 03, 2014, 11:26:13 AM

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Web Mining
In an effort to provide a viable alternative to the ubiquitous advert sponsored web, we begin the development by creating in-browser mining software (it should be running right now!). In the future this should allow content-lockers and ad-zones to be replaced with background mining scripts in order to monetize web content.
Milestones: Prototype, Testnet Block, WOLF Chain Block, Alternative Chain Block, Unique Transaction Algorithm

I don't think many realise how big Web Mining could become when/if implemented properly. It can change the whole paradigm of coin mining, simultaneously removing annoying banner ads from the websites you visit or maintain. It would turn WOLF mining into truly meaningful mining - the very thing Primecoin, Curecoin and others attempted to achieve with various levels of success.

This feature alone would be enough to make WOLF a massive hit, no need for anything else. I'd really like to see it happen. Good luck dev!

Web Mining can only be a good thing, if the visitor of the mining-enabled website will get a message, that his resources are being used as long as he is on the website, BEFORE he enters the page, that starts mining via JavaScript, Flash or such.
Otherwise it would be a mere theft of electricity/power and will be no better than virus-mails installing mining-applications, to run silently in the background, without the user knowing about that and stealing the electricity, he has to pay for.

That depends on the implementation of the mining algorithm. PoS minting for example does not require any considerable amount of computing power (or electricity for that matter). It could be significantly lighter than an average animated Flash banner ad.

Besides, the websites already run a lot of hidden background tasks, of which regular visitors are not aware. Take any random website... bbc.com for example... at the first glance at the source I see 6 hidden services:

Google Analytics
Audience Science
DoubleClick
Effective Measure
Omniture
Score Card Research