Before we talk about Cryptojacking, it’s very important to distinguish that there are 2 main methods to do this, one is via malware – which we do find very unethical and counter-productive to the crypto movement, and then there is the ethical approach that is in-browser cryptojacking which allows you to install a script to your website that will use the computer to mine usually PoW based coins like Monero.
Now, I do believe that you should always state on your website if you are mining with it and be transparent about it to your audience, which is fundamentally the moral way to approach it. In the past, there used to be a lot more Monero-based cryptojacking scripts and websites out there like Coinhive, but some of them stopped due to the fact it’s a very legal grazyone, and also, the profitability of the it has been fluctuating a lot.
Things to Note Before Running Script on the Website!
- Antivirus programs might auto-flag the site if you run cryptojacking scripts and also search engines may flag it too.
- You aren’t gonna become a millionaire doing this given the hash difficulty of coins like Monero and others.
- The script will slow the speed of the website leading to potential ranking drops in SEO.
- Some scripts in the past allow choosing the throttle and how much it actually drains from viewers’ PC / Device.
- Consider being transparent about running a mining script on your website by adding a popup disclaimer or message on the site.
Finding out Cryptojacking Services & Tools
As I already said earlier many of this plug & play Cryptojacking website services have shut down their operations for good. There are still a couple of them out there that I want to start talking about first before anything else.
- CoinImp – This service has been around for quite some time and what they do is they give out payments on Mintme, which is an EVM-based blockchain. There is a referral program that pays 5% of referred person revenue and also gives out a higher payout if advertisements are enabled (80% with ads & 50% without) there is a WordPress plugin that makes things faster and easier to set up too.
- MoneroMiner Rocks – A Javascript miner that gives payments in Monero (XMR) you have the ability to alter the code which allows you to adjust the miner throttle from 0 to 100 (the higher the number less It mines basically). You have to also set up a workedID and pools with this too and there is a 12% fee on this which is kinda high vs. the average CPU mining you may do.
- Primo – The idea of this script basically is to use hashing as a way to pay access on the site, this is something that basically can tell bots apart from humans, which is quite brilliant in itself. You have to configure a lot of the stuff here yourself, so if you have no experience in coding it may turn difficult to install.
- CryptoNoter Script – This is a fork of the original XMR Javascript that many of the previous cryptojacking websites were using before in the past, also requires some coding knowledge if you want to set it up on your website.
- WebMineCZ – Javascript miner that you can embed into your website a minimum of 0.2 XMR is required before a payout can happen. Very easy to install you just have to add iframe code into your widget if you are using WordPress for instance.
- WebminePool – Multi mining platform that also offers an option of installing a Nonero javascript miner to your website.
- Bitcoin Miner – This Slow yet educational javascript miner allows you to farm BTC and BCH with your website (will require some coding knowledge to set it up).
I won’t go into explaining how to install all these different scripts one by one because the process is different with each one, but they all tend to use the same format which is a Javascript code that you get. For example, we have the WebminePool script:
<script src="https://webminepool.com/lib/base.js"></script>
<script>
var miner = WMP.User('<your-site-key>', '<username>',{
threads: 4,
autoThreads: false,
throttle: 0.3,
forceASMJS: false
});
miner.start();
</script>So what you need to do if you have a website running on WordPress for example is to go to https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/widgets.php and create a text widget and choose the “text” tab instead of “visual” and proceed to paste in the code after editing your own username, site key, and throttle you want to have for the people who visit the website.
After you have inserted all the necessary info into the javascript code, just hit save and it should be now running on your website. Sadly I haven’t seen many of these services have a whitelist system which makes it so that certain IP address has no mining at all – I remember there being some services like that in the past though.
That’s what we have to teach you for today, if we are missing a Web script site from the list please let us know in the comments or contact us via email.
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