After a few evolutionary steps via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) mining algorithms seem to have returned to their roots: the ‘humble’ personal computer. The suitability of algorithms such as CryptoNight (which underlies the Monero currency) ultimately led to the porting of the source code to JavaScript and a departure from the more traditional approach of having standalone executables for mining, instead executing code from within browser processes. This blog looks at the development and modern realities of in-browser mining.
Article Link: https://blogs.forcepoint.com/security-labs/browser-mining-coinhive-and-webassembly