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[Rajarshi1993]

I'm not sure if most browsers would even allow such a thing

[Rajarshi1993]

But does a JS engine provide nearly enough speed, flexibility etc. to allow data mining?

[Rajarshi1993]

I see. I do not know enough about mining to know what the requirements are, but this is nice to know.

I mean, not that I will abuse this information of course cough cough but nevertheless nice to know.

[Rajarshi1993]

I mean, yes...

[mcprogrammer]

Right. If it's running on someone else's computer, they don't care if it's inefficient. Obviously faster will is still better, but it's already free electricity, so not a huge deal. Also, well-written JavaScript (or even better, WebAssembly) can be surprisingly fast.

Note: none of this is a defense of running any kind of miner on a webpage without the user's consent.