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I tried double checking this math but I have a question on this.

Coinhive says their formula is:

(<solved_hashes>/<global_difficulty>) * <block_reward> * 0.7

and then goes on to give an example of:

(<solved_hashes>/29275633095) * 6.51 XMR * 0.7 = 0.000156 XMR per 1M hashes

Does this mean the original formula (XMR gain) is actually per million solved hashes (instead of per solved hash)? If so, it seems like a million hashes would only give you 0.0000000001556584613 XMR ($0.00000001519798996).

If that payout formula is actually per hash (and if so, why do they say "per million hashes" in the example?), you'd end up with a much more reasonable 0.0001556584613 XMR ($0.015 at $97.64-monero).

Am I just reading their site stupidly wrong (and/or do I just have a gross misunderstanding of how this all works)?




They also say they were able to generate $2k in 2 weeks with an avg of 2,000 users...




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