We intend to refine our project goals and convey our intentions for this research project.
We will work as a team to create a Browser Crypto-Mining script which we can deploy on this site. Using this script we will gather information on its performance based on the computer resource usage of the computers visiting this site, as well as the efficiency of the crypto-mining script given the currency mined for the given resources used. We've installed JSEcoin which will use computer resources of the visitor if they select continue at the bottom of this page. We've also set up google analytics to keep track of the sites usage.
Once our Browser Crypto-Mining script is deployed on our site gathering performance and efficiency measures, we will begin looking for past research papers and potential legal cases. These will help us to gather an ethical understanding of how these scripts are used as well as an understanding on their performance since services like Coinhive have shutdown due to lack of productivity. This will give us a better understanding of the flaws that these services have and how we might improve on the current services and usage.
Based on the data we've collected using our own script we will present our current findings, and our ethical stance and understanding of Browser Crypto-Mining. We will predict where these finding may lead us and inform the class on where we intend to take our project.
We established what topics need further information for our final report and have begun researching them.
Once we've completed our individual research topics, we shall bring the information together and begin making conclusions from the data.
Using the research we've gathered and the data we've collected from our test machine, we shall begin the final report.
We will present our overall findings of the service, our recommendations to improve its efficiency, our ethical stance on its usage, and how we came to these conclusions.
We will organize our findings in a formal manner and present them in our final report.