Comment on I wonder if it would be possible to force the AI crawlers to mine crypto
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 weeks agoWithout getting into the technical details, the main cost offset of running a cryptominer is the electricity used. If the crawler performs cryptominer calculations on your server it will be of no benefit to you, because you will still have to pay the electricity bill, and really it’s not the crawler doing the calculations, it’s your own server hardware.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If it’s keeping the crawlers at bay though, couldn’t the differential represent a cost savings? This question is breaking my brain, maybe I’m not thinking about it properly.