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Why don't idle games mine for crypto? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This isn't about a computer on idle... This is about a computer running a game non stop that people think is Idle... When it's not. It's often running a game doing massive number calculations regularly. Sometimes showing hundreds to thousands of separate things on the screen constantly.

I think a lot of the comments here just don't seem to understand how many resources an Idle game can actually take up lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And if you mine crypto at the same time, it either uses even more resources, or the game runs slower.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

the game runs slower.

Yeah... hence the point of an idle game.