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This cryptocurrency botnet was designed to seek and destroy mining malware
Cryptocurrency botnets are normally the weapons of evil, used to covertly and illicitly steal other people’s computing power to earn coins. But now there’s a new kid on the block, and it seems to be cleaning up online avenues of crypto-malware. дальше »
2018-9-18 17:39 | |
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Hackers secretly ran cryptocurrency mining malware on Indian government sites
The crypto-jacking epidemic has spread to India. It has come to light that tons of Indian government sites have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware, designed to steal visitors’ computing power to earn coins. дальше »
2018-9-17 11:53 | |
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Ethereum Increases Efforts to Restrict ASIC Mining Devices
Mining is the process of securing, validating and confirming blockchain transactions by contributing excess computing power in return for the opportunity to earn cryptocurrency rewards. The idea, at least in theory, is to give people the opportunity to contribute to a network that is free from centralized control. дальше »
2018-9-12 19:16 | |
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin, is set to be delisted from cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The reason for the removal is that the currency has suffered a series of debilitating heists that netted thieves over $20 million in stolen funds. дальше »
2018-9-4 17:21 | |
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Bitcoin mining giant BTC.com is launching an Ethereum mining pool
The world’s biggest Bitcoin mining pool is now set on dominating Ethereum. BTC. com, a subsidiary of cryptocurrency mining hardware giant Bitmain, has today released a new client specifically built to mine the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »
2018-8-30 15:00 | |
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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New Record With 35% Gain in Last Two Days
What bear market? The bitcoin hashrate has broken another record high this week as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency network gets stronger with each day. Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 62 Quintillion The Bitcoin hashrate, or the computing power of the Bitcoin network, has broken yet another all-time high of 62 quintillion hashes per second. дальше »
2018-8-29 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New Record With 50% Gain in August
What bear market? The bitcoin hashrate has broken another record high this week as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency network gets stronger with each day. Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 62 Quintillion The Bitcoin hashrate, or the computing power of the Bitcoin network, has broken yet another all-time high of 62 quintillion hashes per second. дальше »
2018-8-29 01:00 | |
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Did Ripples CTO Create A Blockchain Like Technology 20 Years Before Satoshi Nakamoto?
Apparently, the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple, David Schwartz, created a distributed computer system 20-years before the onset of blockchain technology. Does this mean that Schwartz preceded Satoshi Nakamoto’s blockchain? Or, does this mean that Schwartz is Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, in August 1988 it is alleged that Schwartz filed a patent for a multilevel distributed computer system that could be used to run on personal computers. дальше »
2018-8-16 17:30 | |
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Steam removes controversial game accused of mining cryptocurrency
Steam has removed “trivial platformer” game Abstractism from its store following accusations that the game is surreptitiously stealing users’ computing power to mine cryptocurrency. “We have removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorized code, trolling with content, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items,” Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing at Steam, told Hard Fork in an email. дальше »
2018-7-31 12:50 | |
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[promoted] WatermelonBlock Harnesses AI Brainpower to Fuel Crypto Market Analysis
The world of cryptocurrency is in a constant state of flux. As a result, the process of sorting through untold amounts of background information and data can be a laborious, time-consuming endeavor. дальше »
2018-7-30 16:47 | |
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HashFlare Cryptocurrency Mining Provider Alledgely Restores Users Contracts
Mining Contracts Restored On HashFlare Mining has exploded in popularity in recent years. In the initial days of Bitcoin, miners were few and the profits were significant. Computing power had to be very high, and the miner needed to have a deep technical understanding of how the process worked in order to mine Bitcoin. But […] дальше »
2018-7-27 22:37 | |
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Hubble Researcher Uses Blockchain to Process Space Data
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced. Josh Peek, an associate astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told CoinDesk that the HST, like other space telescopes, requires “millions upon millions” of hours of computing power to process data, which can become дальше »
2018-7-24 21:12 | |
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Can Tron (TRX) build the Decentralized Internet ?
The internet is controlled by service providers. These service providers are huge corporate entities that collect the data of billions of people worldwide and have power over the speed, efficiency and security of the many ways people use the internet including social media, email, cloud computing, and monetary transactions. дальше »
2018-7-23 18:08 | |
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STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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Achieving Truly Useful Proof of Work: Toby Simpson of Fetch.ai
What’s the best that can happen? That’s the focus of Fetch. ai in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Episode 025 of the What Bitcoin Did podcast featured a wide-ranging conversation between host Peter McCormack and Fetch co-founder/CTO Toby Simpson about both best-case and worst-case outcomes for AI. дальше »
2018-7-20 19:38 | |
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Amidst Bear Market, Crypto Miners Repurpose Mining Equipment
A growing number of cryptocurrency miners are finding other ways to put their equipment to use as depressed digital asset prices make it increasingly difficult to stay afloat in the market. This is the theme of a special report in the Los Angeles Times July 17, 2018, which outlines amongst other things, how a surplus in computing power is making crypto. дальше »
2018-7-20 13:00 | |
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Post-Flood Reflections Reveal Insights Into Lives of Sichuan Miners
With Chinese media estimating that Sichuan’s mining sector comprises 70% of the computing power of both the bitcoin network and the total processing power situated within China’s borders, reflections following the devastating Sichuan floods’ have many insights into the realities of life of a crypto miner in Sichuan. дальше »
2018-7-18 01:30 | |
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Change.org launches the screensaver that mines crypto for the charity
Crowdfunding Social petition platform, Change. org, has announced the launch of a screensaver that mines Monero on behalf of the organization. “The Mining Screensaver” will pool the computing power of the program’s users, with all XMR generated being automatically transferred to the Change. дальше »
2018-7-18 01:01 | |
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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware
One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »
2018-7-18 23:18 | |
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Change.org Launches Screensaver That Mines Crypto for Charity
Social petition platform, Change. org, has announced the launch of a screensaver that mines Monero on behalf of the organization. “The Mining Screensaver” will pool the computing power of the program’s users, with all XMR generated being automatically transferred to the Change. дальше »
2018-7-18 23:15 | |
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How A Screensaver Is Using Cryptocurrency To Change Lives
Cryptocurrency has an incredible use when it comes to charity. Not only would many consider that crypto is far easier to donate than FIAT currency, psychologically, one could assume that crypto is far easier to dispose of in this manner. дальше »
2018-7-16 14:00 | |
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The Hash Rate of Bitcoin is taking over the Price of Bitcoin
Since last year the bitcoin hash rate — the amount of computing power used by bitcoin’s network of computers to create new coins — has soared as it rushes to catch up with the bitcoin price. Despite Bitcoin’s 2018 price slump, the principal cryptocurrency’s hash rate continues to surge at an astonishing pace. Although the value дальше »
2018-7-15 15:27 | |
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Ankr Token ICO: Trusted Blockchain Cloud Computing Network?
What Is Ankr? Ankr is a platform that focuses on building a blockchain framework that is resource-efficient and allows for Distributed Cloud Computing (DCC). It seeks to achieve this by providing an infrastructure that is user friendly to be used for business applications. дальше »
2018-7-15 13:51 | |
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Op-Ed: Bitcoin’s Roots in the Great Law of Peace
Bitcoin, in its nine years of existence, has steadily gained traction, defining itself as a new digital gold. Early adopters of this technology have shown excitement for the potential of this inflation-proof sound money. дальше »
2018-7-14 00:48 | |
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League of Legends Garena Client Infected with a Cryptocurrency Miner
League of Legends players in the Philippines are in a state after it was discovered that a malicious script used to mine cryptocurrencies by hijacking users’ computing power was discovered in the game’s Garena client. дальше »
2018-7-13 10:00 | |
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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin
As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
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Ankr Network Aims To Bring Distributed Cloud Computing To Trusted Hardware
Distributed Cloud Computing (DCC) is a new technology that enables trusted hardware to work on several computing tasks that can be used for different purposes. The Ankr Network is a new startup company that uses DCC that runs on the Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) to use that computing power in a process of proof […] дальше »
2018-7-10 11:11 | |
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Distributed Cloud Computing On Trusted Hardware
The Greek philosopher Plato famously said that “Technology imitates nature. ” His wisdom continues to hold true more than two thousand years later, and holds a special relevance for the birth of blockchain. дальше »
2018-7-9 08:00 | |
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Kaspersky Warn Of The Potential Damage Caused By Mobile Miners
With more and more instances of malicious mining attacks, people are failing to recognise the problems that can be caused by this sort of activity. Often, these sorts of attacks can be seen as harmless, at the end of the day, they simply just utilise a small amount of your computing power, right? Whilst this may be the case, often, there is a great deal of principle that needs to be considered here. дальше »
2018-6-29 17:30 | |
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What Is Golem? Introduction To GNT
The Golem Network could prove to be one of the most impressive dapps on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform (which launched as a beta, dubbed Brass, on Ethereum’s main net April 2018 after 14 software implementations) lets people rent out their spare computing power to join cluster computing networks. дальше »
2018-6-21 18:18 | |
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DeepBrain Chain launches Skynet Project – recruiting global AI computing power
DeepBrain Chain (DBC) the artificial intelligence computing platform driven by blockchain, officially announced the activation of their Skynet Project, recruiting AI computing power from all over the world, building a globally decentralized AI TestNet to strengthen. дальше »
2018-6-20 05:58 | |
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Bitcoin HashRate At All-Time High With ‘Price to Follow,’ Says Max Keiser
Bitcoin’s hash rate reached new all-time highs in June, prompting well-known industry figures to renew calls for imminent price increases. Keiser: ‘Price Follows Hashrate’ Data from Blockchain. дальше »
2018-6-19 21:00 | |
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iExec Blockchain-Based Decentralized Cloud Marketplace is Live Now
While there are quite many cloud services in the blockchain space today, iExec has succeeded in launching a first-of-its-kind decentralized cloud marketplace. With the iExec decentralized cloud marketplace, users will be able to trade computing power on a dedicated market. дальше »
2018-6-15 01:39 | |
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Monero [XMR] – Most popular among malware groups?
Palo Alto Network, a global cryptosecurity platform, has concluded after a research that about 5% of all Monero is mined illegally. This accounts for an estimate of 15.9 million XMR. Cryptomining via malware or cryptojacking is simply the act of using a computing power of a system without its user’s awareness and permission. This lets cyber-criminals […] дальше »
2018-6-13 19:18 | |
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iExec Releases the First-Ever Blockchain-Based Decentralized Cloud Marketplace
Bitcoin Press Release: Blockchain startup iExec has announced the launch of it’s pioneering cloud marketplace. The marketplace with enable users to freely trade computing power through a network of cloud providers and individual market traders. дальше »
2018-6-11 19:09 | |
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