Bail Bloc, which calls itself a “cryptocurrency scheme against bail,” wants to use the excess computing power on your laptop to mine cryptocurrency, the financial rewards of which will be donated to the Immigrant Bail Fund, a nonprofit which covers the cash bails of migrants held in ICE detention facilities.
Bail Bloc came about after The New York Times Magazine published “The Bail Trap,” in 2015, which detailed the ways in which the justice system relies on plea bargains over time-consuming court dates, and how people held on bail often take plea bargains rather than sit in jail waiting for their day in court.
When migrants do return for their court dates, the bail money is returned, and it’s this feature of being able to use the same money over and over for new people that allows bail funds to function.
https://observer.com/2018/12/mining-cryptocurrency-immigration-ice-dentention-activism/