Topic: freebitco.in "Browser Mining" - is it worth it? - page 7. (Read 20725 times)
I have seen many freebitco.in users talking about the browser mining function on this site, this function seems to have disappear on the site for now. Honestly speaking, I don't think it is worth the effort to turn on the browser mining as the earnings seems to be very low, but it still serves an additional function for users who wanted to earn more free money from the site.
did they already stop doing this? or is it special for certain users only?
i just checked the website and there is no "mining" option on top:
and i feel like they are getting shady a little. first with all the lotteries and rewards and then with the profit on your deposit then calling themselves a "wallet" and now this!
same like me there is no "mining" option on the website i just checked the website and there is no "mining" option on top:
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What hardware were you mining on?
I just did the maths on my old i5-3750K.
Set at 20% in the background for the last 4 hours averaged 20.85 sat/hr based on 10c KW/hr electricity and $4000 BTC.
I measured an 8.5w increase in CPU power so that's $0.00085 to make $0.000834 of BTC. So just about break-even at the moment, could be worth it if BTC goes up or they increase the rewards like they say.
it still doesn't seem to be worth it to be honest!What hardware were you mining on?
I just did the maths on my old i5-3750K.
Set at 20% in the background for the last 4 hours averaged 20.85 sat/hr based on 10c KW/hr electricity and $4000 BTC.
I measured an 8.5w increase in CPU power so that's $0.00085 to make $0.000834 of BTC. So just about break-even at the moment, could be worth it if BTC goes up or they increase the rewards like they say.
and i feel like they are getting shady a little. first with all the lotteries and rewards and then with the profit on your deposit then calling themselves a "wallet" and now this!
Got a notification in freebitco.in "Use your browser to passively mine bitcoin and receive mining rewards instantly to your FreeBitco.in account, credited every 5 minutes." Anyone has any idea how this works and is it worth it? Is there any chance of laptop/PC being damaged from this sort of "mining"?
you can earn but not worth it because its so small earnings,i think better to play in faucet or keep reading here in bitcointalk forum thats pretty good not like mining in freebitco.in,you can also try to study trading for your earnings here Just to clarify some points that have been made here:
1). Your browser is mining monero and we are auto-converting it into bitcoin at the current prices
2). We are giving 100% of what we make back to users, we are taking a 0% cut.
3). The mining is completely optional, we are not running the miner automatically or forcing anyone to use it. If you feel it is profitable for you, then use it. If not, then don't.
If there is enough interest, I might try to reverse-engineer the miner so that we can keep 100% of the revenue and share all of it with the users. We do not expect to make any profit for this, it's only an additional revenue stream for faucet users.
1). Your browser is mining monero and we are auto-converting it into bitcoin at the current prices
2). We are giving 100% of what we make back to users, we are taking a 0% cut.
3). The mining is completely optional, we are not running the miner automatically or forcing anyone to use it. If you feel it is profitable for you, then use it. If not, then don't.
If there is enough interest, I might try to reverse-engineer the miner so that we can keep 100% of the revenue and share all of it with the users. We do not expect to make any profit for this, it's only an additional revenue stream for faucet users.
This is one very interesting initiative. Do you collect some stats for actual revenue over 24h period for example?
Few days ago I read about coin named JScoin for browser mining. You may want to take a look.
Do you really need to ask this question in 2017.?
It is probably good for newbies who don't know(yet) how bitcoin mining works.
This is your "cpu mining" link, whoever try to mine it will mine bitcoins for you.
It is probably good for newbies who don't know(yet) how bitcoin mining works.
im at 500h/s and its worth it
take a look at your hashrate here
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take a look at your hashrate here
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Hi every one i'm just a newbie here in bitcointalk and freebitco.in site was the first site i earned a very very small amount of satoshi i think it was 52 satoshi per hour and i try also mining in that site by i earned nothing 
hmmmmnn....
hmmmmnn.... 
That's a joke guys, how can one make profit from the browser mining? By the way the browser is just way of attracting you on the site and they are just using it to enter into your computer. For a software miner, the connection to the pool would be directly through the software. In this case browser must be linking the CPU cores to pool for solving the math and all the stuff we know about it.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
That part i highlighted is incorrect. I'm sure that freebitco.in is not trying to harm anyone's computer in any way but is rather just providing an option for new users to get some satoshis to play around with on their site.
However, i agree with all your other points.
This browser mining is not going to even make you a dollar a week if you just have an average computer. It's not worth your time, and it'll probably slow down and overheat your computer.
yah as long as you don't install suspicious apps or malware you're good to go. from what i can see this browser mining only need browser and javascript so it can't harm your
pc although mining is a cpu intensive task so expect some downgrade on your pc's/laptop's performance. i also don't think its worth to constantly overheat your device for a
small amount. if you guys really want to do mining there are specifically for mining rigs out there. moreover its kinda suspicious since they won't be getting anything from this,
free service basically.
im at 500h/s and its worth it
take a look at your hashrate here
https://mining.freebitco.in/mining.html?userid=7744879&auth=5082d202ea623ec684831227618806a69e4f592e717af8ac46ec5e8f11126470
take a look at your hashrate here
https://mining.freebitco.in/mining.html?userid=7744879&auth=5082d202ea623ec684831227618806a69e4f592e717af8ac46ec5e8f11126470
I don't mind borwser mining as long as users are aware of what is happening you their machine. It may not be profitable for bitcoin BTC mining. But would be fun to mine some altcoins. Specially for people who don't like to run ".exe" files on their machines
mining its still working
take a look here
https://mining.freebitco.in/mining.html?userid=7744879&auth=5082d202ea623ec684831227618806a69e4f592e717af8ac46ec5e8f11126470
take a look here
https://mining.freebitco.in/mining.html?userid=7744879&auth=5082d202ea623ec684831227618806a69e4f592e717af8ac46ec5e8f11126470
My Kaspersky Internet Security is blocking a download from the mining page saying is a Trojan
And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
This script will use your CPU to mine cryptocurrencies. What do you think?And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
Of course your antivirus will detect this as a malware. But I do not see this as a problem, since this is totally purposeful and expected.
Not only this most of the CPU and GPU mining software are passing malware error until making the antivirus silent else unable to run. Even cgminer patch also pass the same kind of error after we added the wallet address in patch. Claymore patch seems good and it is available in the zip format with the log and history details includes.
Yes almost sure is a false positive as well BUT what IF that download is also a virus / Trojan and not just a browser mining program ? (even if i highly doubt considering the reputation and the time these sites are on)
My Kaspersky Internet Security is blocking a download from the mining page saying is a Trojan
And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
This script will use your CPU to mine cryptocurrencies. What do you think?And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
Of course your antivirus will detect this as a malware. But I do not see this as a problem, since this is totally purposeful and expected.
My Kaspersky Internet Security is blocking a download from the mining page saying is a Trojan
And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
And is doing the same on moon bitcoin...
Download blocked
https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Object: name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Object: https://static6.freebitco.in/min/coinhive.1506271796.js
Application: Google Chrome
Object type: Trojan program
Time: 9/25/2017 7:56 PM
False positive or... ?
Upd from my side. Maybe someone will consider it as useful.
i5-5300 (hp folio 1040)
~36 hours of browser mining turned on.
995 satoshi on the screen (considering that value refreshes once per hour i assume 1000+), what gives ~28 satoshi per hour in average.
Comparing to freebitcoins faucet amount is almost twice lower.
While idle - 100% and 4 threads, while working - changing value to 50%.
Lap is not overheating and 50% doesnt make any lags.
This type of "mining" can serve only as a timely bonus and deserves to be turned on from time to time (mostly while idle).
i5-5300 (hp folio 1040)
~36 hours of browser mining turned on.
995 satoshi on the screen (considering that value refreshes once per hour i assume 1000+), what gives ~28 satoshi per hour in average.
Comparing to freebitcoins faucet amount is almost twice lower.
While idle - 100% and 4 threads, while working - changing value to 50%.
Lap is not overheating and 50% doesnt make any lags.
This type of "mining" can serve only as a timely bonus and deserves to be turned on from time to time (mostly while idle).
Freebitco is a faucet that makes you get bitcoin for free. you are just waiting to claim your bitcoin. so in widraw limit you can take bitcoin. taoi for me it is very tiring because it takes a long time to widraw. the faucet will not damage your pc. it just works online.
Did you read any of the previous 4 pages? The discussion is about a new feature that was added to a trial group of freebitco.in users. This new feature allows the users inside the trial to use a javascript??? in-browser monero miner.
btw, offtopic, but does your username suggest your main account was banned, or is your username just a practical joke reffering to ban evasion?
Freebitco is a faucet that makes you get bitcoin for free. you are just waiting to claim your bitcoin. so in widraw limit you can take bitcoin. taoi for me it is very tiring because it takes a long time to widraw. the faucet will not damage your pc. it just works online.
That's a joke guys, how can one make profit from the browser mining? By the way the browser is just way of attracting you on the site and they are just using it to enter into your computer. For a software miner, the connection to the pool would be directly through the software. In this case browser must be linking the CPU cores to pool for solving the math and all the stuff we know about it.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
That part i highlighted is incorrect. I'm sure that freebitco.in is not trying to harm anyone's computer in any way but is rather just providing an option for new users to get some satoshis to play around with on their site.
However, i agree with all your other points.
This browser mining is not going to even make you a dollar a week if you just have an average computer. It's not worth your time, and it'll probably slow down and overheat your computer.
That's a joke guys, how can one make profit from the browser mining? By the way the browser is just way of attracting you on the site and they are just using it to enter into your computer. For a software miner, the connection to the pool would be directly through the software. In this case browser must be linking the CPU cores to pool for solving the math and all the stuff we know about it.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
But as far as I know the CPU won't be powerful enough to solve the blocks or any portion of it to give us pretty good reward from it. The rate of earning will never catch up the break even and as everyone here is talented enough to know that this will burn the CPU in a day or two. Better need to work out the math.
Botnet, if more than 5000 users run the miner at the same time and if they know how to point all the small hashing powers to accumulate them into one giant CPU miner then it is profitable for everyone.
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