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Maybe even their own SteamCoin... TBD.
Here's what I'm thinking, a lot of gamers, paid big bucks for a GPU. Some of them are willing to run some mining software on their PC to recoup some of their costs of those GPUs or higher-end gaming PCs. Some people, might just like the ability of leaving Steam running in the background constantly (Friends list, etc.), and doing some mining *when not gaming*, and the Steam Client would probably be the best place to put that feature into, because it KNOWS when you're gaming and when you're not (which can be problematic with other mining clients.
Heck, maybe even just have an optional feature on Steam, to run a command-line when not gaming / "gaming idle command", and then have the ability to kill it when gaming starts again. Then you could just hook into a third-party miner.
But then again, having Steam manage your Crypto wallet (at least for the hypothetical "SteamCoin"), might be very useful, as it would have Steam Store integration.
Basically, kind of like earning trading cards (which I never understood), you could also simply just idle your Steam client, and make "money" doing so, which you could then choose to turn into games.
(Of course, that might incentivize people NOT to play games with Steam, "just" to mine instead. So that might be counter to their principle and point. But I think that it would be a useful feature.)
What do you all think? What if Steam teamed up with Nicehash, to integrate "hooks" to their mining client, and run it when Steam is "gaming idle". Would that appeal to you, to be able to make Bitcoin when not gaming with your PC, and then save that Bitcoin, or trade/buy games on the Steam Store using it?
Here's what I'm thinking, a lot of gamers, paid big bucks for a GPU. Some of them are willing to run some mining software on their PC to recoup some of their costs of those GPUs or higher-end gaming PCs. Some people, might just like the ability of leaving Steam running in the background constantly (Friends list, etc.), and doing some mining *when not gaming*, and the Steam Client would probably be the best place to put that feature into, because it KNOWS when you're gaming and when you're not (which can be problematic with other mining clients.
Heck, maybe even just have an optional feature on Steam, to run a command-line when not gaming / "gaming idle command", and then have the ability to kill it when gaming starts again. Then you could just hook into a third-party miner.
But then again, having Steam manage your Crypto wallet (at least for the hypothetical "SteamCoin"), might be very useful, as it would have Steam Store integration.
Basically, kind of like earning trading cards (which I never understood), you could also simply just idle your Steam client, and make "money" doing so, which you could then choose to turn into games.
(Of course, that might incentivize people NOT to play games with Steam, "just" to mine instead. So that might be counter to their principle and point. But I think that it would be a useful feature.)
What do you all think? What if Steam teamed up with Nicehash, to integrate "hooks" to their mining client, and run it when Steam is "gaming idle". Would that appeal to you, to be able to make Bitcoin when not gaming with your PC, and then save that Bitcoin, or trade/buy games on the Steam Store using it?