Sentences with phrase «cryptocurrency mining purposes»

Motherboard manufacturer ASRock has confirmed it is selling four of its new graphics cards specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining purposes.

Not exact matches

Stern says the real purpose of the mining is to learn about the burgeoning cryptocurrency market.

Increasing centralization due to ASIC mining mega-farms like Bitmain defeats the original purpose of cryptocurrency.

Many cryptocurrencies have now started to make use of power - of - stake (POS) instead of POW for mining purposes.

Until now, Google Chrome's web policy permitted cryptocurrency mining in extensions as long as it is the extension's single purpose and the user is adequately informed about the mining behaviour.

Previously, Google allowed cryptocurrency miners in the Chrome Web Store as long as this was their sole purpose and they specifically informed users about it, but the rise of malicious add - ons that did nothing else than to eat CPU resources in order to run mining scripts in the background made the search giant change its mind.

A couple of days ago, filesharing platform Pirate Bay was caught hijacking its visitors» browsers for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency.

Talos noticed Chinese and Russian criminals discussing cryptocurrency miners in 2016, and the latter has begun developing and selling mining packages over the past six months, as well as touting access to compromised systems for the sole purpose of cryptocurrency mining.

Last month, cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that researchers had uncovered malware attacks being executed on cloud - based instant messaging service Telegram, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

Taking matters into his own hands, a Russian businessman buys two electric power plants for the purposes of cryptocurrency mining.

Russian cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that researchers had uncovered malware attacks being executed on cloud - based instant messaging service Telegram, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

Last week, Russian cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab reported that it had uncovered malware attacks being executed on Telegram's cloud - based messaging service, for the purpose of illicit cryptocurrency mining.

According to a news announcement in Moscow made by Dmitry Marinichev, the internet ombudsman of Vladimir Putin, the Russian designed semiconductor chips will be put to use in satellites for minimizing power consumption to a bare minimum in computers for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining.

Now that such an approach is no longer viable though, it is common to see or hear about large clusters of computers being designed with cryptocurrency mining as their sole purpose.

McAfee researchers discovered Android apps developed exclusively for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining and observed discussions in underground forums suggesting Litecoin as a safer model than Bitcoin, with less chance of exposure.

Google had previously allowed cryptocurrency mining in extensions as long as it was the extension's single purpose and the user was informed about the process.

Typically those cards would be primarily of interest to gamers building a computer for the purposes of playing their favorite video games at their highest capacity, but the process of mining for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency has created a new market for the graphics processors.

Until now, Chrome Web Store policy has permitted cryptocurrency mining in extensions as long as it is the extension's single purpose, and the user is adequately informed about the mining behavior.

The combination of blockchain tech and genetic sequencing isn't exactly new, and cryptocurrency projects like genecoin have highlighted how the energy - intensive mining process (by which new transactions are added to a blockchain, with new coins being minted as a reward) can be applied for scientific purposes.

The Tesla cloud hack is the latest in a series of malware attacks that are carried out for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency.