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		yao420 on Dec 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 100 years of whatever this will be I quite liked the coinhive approach of having the user run a blockchain workload as an alternative to ads. The project and economics didn’t work out for them but it was an interesting approach.

UncleMeat on Dec 3, 2021 [–]

But that doesn't change a thing. Engagement is still the key metric for a service in this world. And that leads to the same problems.

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