What is a “ crypto-miner “?

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Saw [this tweet](https://twitter.com/michaelmcchill/status/1246888404123598848?s=21) about cooking mama and something about it being a crypto-miner and I have absolutely 0 clue what it means. Help?

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Cryptocurrencies, which is a topic of its own, often generate new “coins” by doing some heavy math. A cryptominer is a program that will do that math.

If the cryptominer runs on your computer, you will pay for the electricity and experience the heat, noise and slowdown, but someone else will get the coins generated.

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