Salon gives readers a choice: Disable your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrency

Salon gives readers a choice: Disable your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrency

6 years ago
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/14/salon-disable-ad-blocker-or-let-us-mine-cryptocurrency-monero.html

U.S. online news publication Salon has adopted an unconventional alternative to ads to make money — using a reader's computing power to mine cryptocurrency.

News organizations rely on advertising revenue to make ends meet, and often advise against readers using ad blocking add-ons to support the running of the site.