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Re:Crypto miners are killing free CI by Lyn_layerci on Sunday April 25, 2021 @06:18PM (#26937257)
Yes, this needs to be solved at the crypto level - attackers always have the advantage.
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Re:Crypto miners are killing free CI by davidgerard on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:03AM (#26941261)
This is usually Monero mining, which is still feasible on general CPUs - particularly if you're stealing the compute power.

Monero is quite hard to trade directly to actual money - you usually have to go via BTC or ETH.

So a systemic fix basically involves crashing the price of crypto in general, to take away the financial motivation.

(This is also one obvious solution to bitcoin's CO2 production - it's all about the US dollars, so hit those gateways.)

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