The Pirate Bay is notifying visitors to use their CPU to mine. Is it a business model spawned by cryptocurrencies or mining hijacking?

According to BitcoinAccording to Bitcoin

, The Pirate Bay (the torrent site) once again uses the user's CPU to mine Monero (XMR) to generate additional revenue. But what is different this time is that The Pirate Bay will inform website visitors that their CPU will be used to mine Monero XMR. The last line at the bottom of the website displays the following information:

If you enter TPB (The Pirate Bay), then you agree that the website uses your CPU to mine XMR. If you do not agree, please exit the website immediately or install an adBlocker.

Among them, adBlocker is a plug-in that can block advertisements and can filter out mining programs. For browser-based cryptojacking like The Pirate Bay, ad-blocking software helps filter out malicious scripts that do cryptographic number crunching. Software firewalls can also block connections between malicious miners and command servers.

From the visitor's point of view, if your CPU is used by The Pirate Bay for mining, the performance of your computer will decrease, and the battery will also be damaged to a certain extent.Last year, The Pirate Bay was exposed,

Its webpage hides mining scripts. When a visitor visits the website, the visitor's browser will load the JavaScript mining program provided by Coinhive, and the visitor's CPU is used by The Pirate Bay to mine XMR.

After the incident was revealed, The Pirate Bay admitted this, saying:

This is just a test, The Pirate Bay wants to achieve an ad-free website, but lacks enough funds to maintain the operation of the website.

Now it seems that after weighing the pros and cons, The Pirate Bay still chose this controversial method, but the difference from last year is that it notified its visitors about mining on its website.

So, for The Pirate Bay’s move, is it a legitimate business model or mining hijacking?

Bitcoin believes that the Pirate Bay uses visitors' CPU mining to bring funds to the site, which is one of the many innovations in cryptocurrency technology in this field. As more people use ad-blocking software, and Google and Facebook monopolize much of the profits from advertising in online media, some sites are turning to mining as an alternative to ad revenue and payment channels.

In addition, Bitcoin also believes that if the Pirate Bay’s approach is transparent and users allow The Pirate Bay to do so, then this can be regarded as a legitimate business model. Of course, this approach can also be misused, for example, the website itself conducts it secretly, or hackers load mining scripts onto users’ computers in the form of mining hijacking.