Why don't idle games mine for crypto?
Why don't idle games mine for crypto?
It feels like wasted power. You could at least be earning something off it. The creator can either take a cut if it's free or lump sum for paid.
I've seen a few idle games take up a lot CPU resources, not necessarily GPU so it had me wondering. Why not make it mine?
Because it would be inefficient and people don't like it when you use their computing power for your own gain. I should mention that there are known instances of this happening. A site being compromised and a JavaScript mining applet has been added to the site.
Also, Firefox blocks cryptominers by default.
inefficient
Right... however ANY efficiency when already using a rig for an idle game is literally more efficient, hence why I wondered.
Also it wouldn't matter whether the mining benefits the owner or user. In reality if the user wants to try with the CPU, they'll be making $1 for every $20 wasted in power letting their computer idle hard. However that's still $19 rather than $20. You could at least give the creator the crypto rather than yourself if it's free which is kinda my point.
It's literally a case of I'd prefer nobody benefit rather than someone else.
You do know that PCs don't consume all the power when idle right?
I have a server with 2x800W power supplies and it idles at 110w. If I were to run a crypto miner on it my power bill will go up far more than the game creator will make.
The only winner in small scale crypto mining is the power company.
I assume you mean for the computer owner, not the game developer? Assuming it goes to the owner of the hardware, not really that useful. CPU mining is incredibly slow and GPU mining would not even necessarily break even on electricity costs. If someone wants to mine, they should just run a dedicated mining program. Wasting electricity to do pointless calculations for tokens is an outdated idea anyway.
Contrary to popular belief, electric power usage is not wasted if the PC is idle. PC draws more power when it is working at 100% vs. When it is idle.
It's like people switch off kettles or ovens that are not running... but if a kettle/oven is not running then it is not pulling power.
Right... Hence why idle games draw significantly more power than when a computer isn't running it.
This is about idle games. Not a PC at idle.