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RobotToaster • yesterday at 4:02 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Some browsers also intentionally detect attempts to do proof of work and attempt to block it entirely.

Then they'd be blocking themselves from the website.

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drum55 • yesterday at 4:14 PM

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/block-cryptominers-with-...

    To help you combat these unwelcome scripts, we’ve partnered with Disconnect and compiled lists of domains that serve cryptomining scripts so you can block them directly through Firefox. When you download Firefox,  tracking protection is enabled by default, blocking known cryptominers.
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