TicketMiner: A proof-of-work micropayment system (client and server side)

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Hi folks,

We wanted to show that mining of cryptocurrencies can be used for micropayments on the web, for donation to sites like wikipedia or for content
on news web-sites, youtube, etc.. Of course it is not just about Bitcoin mining, but picking the most profitable currencies with ASIC-resistant PoW algorithms.

Here is a link to the PoC: https://github.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner

Here are also some more technical details:

It is based on the paper "Proof-of-Work as Anonymous Micropayment: Rewarding a Tor Relay" [1].
 
Server code:

The server application is a Node.js application which runs in the background on the website wishing to provide improved services or receive donations by clients.

https://github.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/tree/master/Server
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/Server/screenshots/screen-dashboard.png?raw=true

Client code:

The client application is a Mozilla Firefox add-on that runs inside the Firefox browser and mines from websites which have the server application running.

https://github.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/tree/master/Addon
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/Addon/screenshots/screen-main-menu.png?raw=true
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/Addon/screenshots/screen-wallet.png?raw=true
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/Addon/screenshots/screen-miner.png?raw=true
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/Addon/screenshots/screen-job.png?raw=true

Test cases:

Two test cases are provided, illustrating two possible use cases of services, namely donations and mirco-payments inside e-commerce websites.

https://github.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/tree/master/TestCases
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christoftorres/TicketMiner/master/TestCases/screenshots/screen-large-coffee.png?raw=true

Feel free to comment, criticize or ask questions

[1] Alex Biryukov, Ivan Pustogarov, "Proof-of-Work as Anonymous Micropayment: Rewarding a Tor Relay", Financial Cryptography 2015, Puerto-Rico, USA.