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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


This concept was first reached by Bitcoin Plus, a [[cpu-miner|cpu miner]] that is launched from the browser, requires no installation, and runs as a Java application. Additionally, this approach was done by [[Bitp.it|Bitp.it]] as javascript which is designed to be embeddable in webpages to create a distributed server farm.
This concept was first reached by Bitcoin Plus, a [[cpu-miner|cpu miner]] that is launched from the browser, requires no installation, and runs as a Java application.  


==[[Bitcoin Plus|Bitcoin Plus]] Implementation==  
==[[Bitcoin Plus|Bitcoin Plus]] Implementation==  
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This software was announced on May 18, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8780.0 Browser Bitcoin Miner (No setup, no download, no configuration)]</ref>.
This software was announced on May 18, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8780.0 Browser Bitcoin Miner (No setup, no download, no configuration)]</ref>.
==[[Bitp.it|Bitp.it]] Implementation==
A user's computer is used by the website they are viewing, which has added Javascript to the <head> section of the site, as a distributed miner. [[Bitcoin Pooled Mining|Slush's pool]] is used as the pool which the distributed computer connects to.
==See Also==


* [[Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU]]  
* [[Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU]]  
* [[Bitp.it]]


==External Links==
==External Links==

Revision as of 01:33, 5 July 2011

Browser based mining is the practice of utilizing web browsers as bitcoin miners through means of plugins or scripts.

Introduction

This concept was first reached by Bitcoin Plus, a cpu miner that is launched from the browser, requires no installation, and runs as a Java application.

Bitcoin Plus Implementation

The miner connects to a pool and the payout method is pay-per-share. The pool's fee is 3%.

Requires Java 1.5 or higher. This miner app is not open source.

This software was announced on May 18, 2011[1].

External Links

References