Despite Mining Ban, Mining App Appears on Google Play

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Published Aug 18, 2018 05:43PM ET

Updated Aug 18, 2018 07:00PM ET

Despite Mining Ban, Mining App Appears on Google Play

It’s been less than a month since Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) banned all mining apps from appearing in Google Play, yet we’re already seeing a resurgence of the phenomenon.

Last Wednesday, JSEcoin announced its app on Twitter. The wallet that allows mobile users to mine cryptocurrency as an alternative to advertising.

https://twitter.com/jsecoin/status/1029649231341072384

The concept of using visitors’ and users’ CPUs to mine cryptocurrencies as an alternative to advertising to them has been around for quite some time, but mostly hasn’t had a positive reception. This is especially true of mobile mining, which could damage batt...


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