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yuhong on Sept 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewe...

It would be fun if AES-NI support was added to JavaScript engines, though it would need a standard.

duskwuff on Sept 26, 2017 [–]

As far as I'm aware, AES calculations aren't a component of any cryptocurrency.

mrb on Sept 26, 2017 | [–]

Yes, Monero uses the CryptoNote PoW algorithm which uses AES.

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