# Digging into Browser-based Crypto Mining

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.00811 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1808.00811/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 2 Aug 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Analyzing In-browser Cryptojacking](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.13253/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Mining is the foundation of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rewarding the miner for finding blocks for new transactions. The Monero currency enables mining with standard hardware in contrast to special hardware (ASICs) as often used in Bitcoin, paving the way for in-browser mining as a new revenue model for website operators. In this work, we study the prevalence of this new phenomenon. We identify and classify mining websites in 138M domains and present a new fingerprinting method which finds up to a factor of 5.7 more miners than publicly available block lists. Our work identifies and dissects Coinhive as the major browser-mining stakeholder. Further, we present a new method to associate mined blocks in the Monero blockchain to mining pools and uncover that Coinhive currently contributes 1.18% of mined blocks having turned over 1293 Moneros in June 2018.