Exactly. Mining by web browser hidden javascript is about the worst way to mine ths side of an old Basic interpreter. But if it isn't your electricicity and you have millions of people inadvertently doing it for you, it's very doable.
It'd still suck balls, just an FYI. It's lower spec than the lowest end Atom, and I *think* lower spec than the Edison module.
You'd think I'd actually know the specs for the damn thing with how much code I wrote for it... but I don't. I only remember it never felt like it had enough always live RAM and it was just fast enough to get done what needed to be done.
No, if you want to make money off a compromised ME mining BTC or any other crypto currency is *not* it. Vastly more valuable in a botnet as a distri
Since it renders ANY computer vulnerable to being hijacked, even if shut off, the ME can now be used as a shield against any claims of copyright infringement.
No sense mining BTC with them; ASIC farms have pretty much made it impossible to find blocks with anything but specialized hardware. There are cryptocurrencies whose mining function is specifically designed to be ASIC-resistant and therefore which are still profitable to CPU mine. Monero [getmonero.org] is probably the most popular of them (and has the benefit of an encrypted blockchain, so others can't see the wallet to which your botnet is sending its ill-mined coins)
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Repurposed... (Score:4, Interesting)
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Quite right, however if it's not your own machine you're using to mine BTC, then you have neither the cost of hardware nor power to contend with.
And since we're talking about a separate computing system on the mainboard, 99.9% of the users probably wouldn't notice anything strange.
Imagine a botnet of a few dozen thousands of these mining for you.
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Exactly. Mining by web browser hidden javascript is about the worst way to mine ths side of an old Basic interpreter. But if it isn't your electricicity and you have millions of people inadvertently doing it for you, it's very doable.
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It'd still suck balls, just an FYI.
It's lower spec than the lowest end Atom, and I *think* lower spec than the Edison module.
You'd think I'd actually know the specs for the damn thing with how much code I wrote for it... but I don't. I only remember it never felt like it had enough always live RAM and it was just fast enough to get done what needed to be done.
No, if you want to make money off a compromised ME mining BTC or any other crypto currency is *not* it. Vastly more valuable in a botnet as a distri
I have a repurpose for ME. (Score:1)
Since it renders ANY computer vulnerable to being hijacked, even if shut off, the ME can now be used as a shield against any claims of copyright infringement.
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