Forbes | Jesse Damiani | Apr 30, 2018

Cryptocurrency continues finding new ways to enter the mainstream in 2018.

The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund Australia (UNICEF Australia) is the latest organization to hop into the blockchain/cryptocurrency world -- using a newly launched website called "The Hopepage."

This is a totally novel donation mechanism that flips the cryptojacking narrative into a positive one; by visiting The Hopepage and allowing it to run in the background, users allow it to mine cryptocurrency (Monero) using the visitor's computer processing power.

The proceeds from this mining will be converted into fiat currency and donated to UNICEF Australia to supply vulnerable children worldwide with supplies like vaccines, food, and safe drinking water. And unlike typical donation structures, users don't actually have to give any money -- they simply need to offer some of their computing power.

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The website, powered by Coinhive’s AuthedMine, is opt-in, allowing users to select how much processing power The Hopepage can consume, as well as how long to allow it to run, explaining in a statement:

Mining is perfectly safe for your computer. If you’re ever worried about power consumption, turn down the amount of processing power you’re donating.

At the time of this writing, approx. 2,800 people were donating processing power to mining.

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