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So someone can put javascript in a page to compute equihash, autolykos, cuckoo cycle, etc? Is there a way to limit this?

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They could already do that though?

But not using the client side gpu!

I believe webGL "cryptojacking" as it's called, indeed is a thing. Not sure on prevalence though or to what extent this introduction makes it more viable for malicious actors.

I'm not sure if lots of hashing algos are gpu-ready or optimized either.

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