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Salon Wants to Borrow Your Computer to Mine Cryptocurrency

BLOGCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

The liberal news outlet, seeking new revenue, is now asking its ad-blocking readers to donate their computers’ processing power to help mine crypto cash. Strange times, indeed.

Maxwell Tani
Maxwell Tani 

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Maxwell Tani

Maxwell Tani

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