We’ve been dealing with mining at Replit since the beginning and have gotten really good at handling it. Early on they nearly bankrupt us. There was one month when our compute bill was 500% more than average. So we just had build tooling to catch it and handle it early. It’s a fun problem because it’s not only technical but also psychological.

Mining is one vector of abuse but there are many others when you’re giving free compute to the world. Especially in the radically open way we’re doing it at Replit.