Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
That’s around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world’s supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants. Continue reading Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
Category Archives: cryptocoin mining
Google bans Android miners from Play Store
Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store. Continue reading Google bans Android miners from Play Store
Tesla cryptojacked by currency miners
Tesla’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account was broken into by hackers who suckled at its computer power for cryptocurrency mining
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Coinming frenzy is making it hard for us to find aliens
As cryptocurrency values have soared, so too has the cost of the hardware needed to mine them – if you can even buy the GPUs, given the shortages. Continue reading Coinming frenzy is making it hard for us to find aliens
Starbucks Wi-Fi hijacked customers’ laptops to mine cryptocoins
A 10-second delay when customers connected to the “free” Wi-Fi was harnessed for secret cryptocoin mining Continue reading Starbucks Wi-Fi hijacked customers’ laptops to mine cryptocoins
NiceHash cryptomining exchange hacked; everything’s gone
Reports say that the Bitcoin was worth $58m at the time. As of Thursday morning, the value had soared to $80m. Continue reading NiceHash cryptomining exchange hacked; everything’s gone
Pirate Bay hits users’ CPUs with secret cryptocurrency mining
They should have asked. If they had, would it be better or worse than ads? Continue reading Pirate Bay hits users’ CPUs with secret cryptocurrency mining