No Coin
Security and privacy
browser extension blocker
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
9 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 42 critical, out of 85 comments about the project. Thread score -0.34.
Idea: 9 for, 22 againstPerformance: 0 for, 15 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Separating mining blocking from ad blocking is useful
From 1 comment
Because it is different than ads. On a site, you might want to leave ads blocked for privacy reasons but just enable the miner to pass the coin-hive Captcha for example.
keraf on HN
Objections
Blacklist-based approach is limited and would be better as a uBlock filter list
From 3 comments
Title could be improved - this is for Google Chrome only. Anyone using an ad blocker can simply add... ``` https://coin-hive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js ``` ...to their custom…
tombrossman on HNImo: instead of a separate extention this should be a maintained blacklist for ad blockers.
erikb on HNThis would make a lot more sense as a blocklist for ublock than as its own extension. Actually I wouldn't be that surprised to learn it's already blocked.
readams on HN
Mining drains battery and wastes CPU and power
From 2 comments
I don't know. If you run those on a laptop you pretty much kill battery life, same thing with phones.
narrowtux on HNUgh...no. The carbon footprint of cryptocurrencies is already borderline-unconscionable, and that's with purpose-built hardware that achieves efficiency beyond what…
curun1r on HN
Requests
Detect excessive CPU or GPU use by hidden pages rather than relying on a blacklist
From 1 comment
The extension is simply blocking a list of blacklisted domains in blacklist.txt. Some way to detect that a non-visible page or service worker is using excessive CPU time or GPU…
Animats on HN
Clearer enable/pause controls in the extension UI
From 1 comment
Tried the Chrome extension, but it just toggles between "Enable No Coin" and "Unpause No Coin." I didn't disable it, but I have to enable it? Repeatedly? And I didn't pause it,…
rdiddly on HN
Questions
Does it work beyond Chrome
From 1 comment
Title could be improved - this is for Google Chrome only. Anyone using an ad blocker can simply add... ``` https://coin-hive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js ``` ...to their custom…
tombrossman on HN
Alternatives named
uBlock Origin filter list for crypto miners
From 1 comment
Issue at uBlock's GitHub – "[Request for block] Crypto Miners": https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/690
helb on HN
Adblock filter lists
From 1 comment
Why is this an extension and not a filter list for existing adblockers?
detaro on HN