SMS786
Senior Member
Does the average user have to worry about coin mining though? I'm new to this coin mining and don't practice any myself.
Sorry, maybe I wasn't too clear in my post. The idea is to block the IPs of sites that involuntarily run scripts on webpages and apps that may use your PC or phone's cpu to mine coins on their own behalf. While you may visit a website that is non mining related, some may still embed mining Java scripts that may be maliciously eating up your computational resources in the background. Most of the IPs on the aforementioned list are for servers that run the said malicious java script code. Definitely a good idea to block on the router level.
Some more info for those interested:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/a-surge-of-sites-and-apps-are-exhausting-your-cpu-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
https://arstechnica.com/information...s-cpus-picks-up-steam-with-aid-of-2500-sites/
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