Norton Installs an Ethereum Crypto Miner With Its 360 Security Suite

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Norton Installs an Ethereum miner with its 360 security suite.

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Norton has been upfront about its plan to include the software but still they are facing criticism.

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Norton Crypto is turned off by default for various reasons.

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The program mines Ethereum for other Norton users. The glasses view makes it easy for non crypto users to take their first step.

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Norton’s miner will only run on a system which meets the basic requirements.

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Norton’s miner charges a 15%% pool fee. Most Ethereum pools charge 1 or 2%.

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It’s not easy to see how a user can make profit on top, there’s the cost of electricity on top of that.

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Norton Crypto will users who don’t understand how crypto works.

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Norton deserves to be criticized for dangling the carrot of free money in front of someone who doesn’t understand.

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Norton will be laughing to the bank thanks to that 15% fee.

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Ethereum’s shift to Proof of Stake can’t come quickly enough. Then a graphics card might actually become a graphics card again.

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