Ask Slashdot: Would You Accept 'Bitcoin-Ware' Apps? 232
After the E-Sports Entertainment Association admitted to sneaking Bitcoin-mining code into its client software, an anonymous reader writes "I thought that could have been a pretty clever idea, if it was made clear to the users that they could get the app and run it for free as long as, let's say, they accept that it would be run for Bitcoin mining for five hours a week, when their computer is idle. That could make a lot of profit for the developers if their app is truly successful, and without the users having to pay much (only a limited number of hours per week, and if the user is no longer running the app then it won't try to mine anymore). What do you think about this?"
Re:Sorry, no. (Score:5, Funny)
Are you sure I can't change your mind [worldcommunitygrid.org]? Malaria kills far more people per year than cancer, and the grid computing project has far fewer participants. It's also a technically simpler problem they're trying to tackle, meaning your compute time will have significantly higher value in the long run.
(Incoming whooshes in five, four, three...)
Re:Terrible idea. (Score:5, Funny)
You're probably right.
Better to make it a phone app.
Re:What a joke (Score:3, Funny)
I've considered making a game where in the background it operated a bitcoin mining operation for myself like a zombie botnet. I'm sure the idea isn't original at all.
If you'd read the article, you'd have noticed that ESEA beat you to that idea.