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Re:The problem with Bitcoin miners by latchkey on Sunday May 15, 2022 @10:12PM (#31393123)
Worse, it incentives botnets.
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Re:The problem with Bitcoin miners by cowtools on Monday May 16, 2022 @12:45AM (#31393743)
RandomX has some mechanisms to discourage cryptojacking botnets: https://github.com/tevador/RandomX#does-randomx-facilitate-b...
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Re:The problem with Bitcoin miners by latchkey on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:41PM (#31400877)
I read that as it incentives botnets made up of more powerful hardware.
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