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Internet Cafes Turn to Cryptomining as it Makes ‘More Money’
If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the last year surrounding Cryptocurrency, then you’ll probably be aware that the price of various coins has increased exceptionally over that period. Just to put this into context, in April last year, Bitcoin was worth about $5,000, today, it’s rocking around…
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Hundreds of Nvidia 30XX Laptops Pictured in Mining Farm
I doubt it’ll come as anything shocking to you if I said that getting hold of a new graphics card (pick your brand/model) at the moment is really difficult. Between scalpers and Cryptocurrency miners, humble consumers just looking for an upgrade are, in a lot of cases, simply not having…
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GPU Mining Farms Are Causing Power Cuts in Iran
With the values of various Cryptocurrencies soaring over the last 6 months, it’d be foolish to deny that mining is back in the spotlight and in a huge way! However, one of the biggest issues facing such large-scale organizations is clearly the cost of energy. After all, it isn’t cheap…
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Crypto-Miners are Now Targeting Nvidia 30XX Laptops!
Like it or not, it’s impossible to deny that over the last 3-6 months there has undoubtedly been significant growth and expansion within the Cryptocurrency mining industry. – Of course, the bad news for us mere humble consumers is that with this placing an exceptional demand on the already limited…
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Nvidia Hints at New Crypto-Mining Specific GPUs
With Bitcoin recently hitting a brand new record high of $40,000 (with it currently sitting at around $37,000) it might not be the news that gaming consumers wanted to hear, but without a doubt, Cryptocurrency, and specifically mining, is back and in a big way. – The biggest downside to…
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Bitcoin Soars to Over $34,000!
Around 3 weeks ago, we reported that Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrency in general, seemed to be hitting a brand new boom period with the value of various coins increasing quite sharply and significantly over a notably short period of time. In specific regards to Bitcoin, however, which is one of the…
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Bitcoin is Booming Again – But No One Seems to Know Why
Since around the middle of the year, I’ve been getting something of a feeling that Bitcoin (and likely Cryptocurrency in general) was on the verge of something pretty major again. Don’t ask me why, but it’s hard to deny that demand for graphics cards has again been on the rise…
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BitTorrent Inventor to Create New Cryptocurrency
Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, has vowed to launch his own cryptocurrency in an effort to combat what he calls the “waste” associated with “centralization in Bitcoin mining.” Cohen, who recently took back control of BitTorrent Inc., told the Steal This Show podcast that his proposed cryptocurrency wouldn’t…
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Mobile Bitcoin Mining Isn’t Worth The Effort, Unless You’re a Cybercriminal
Trying to mine for bitcoins using mobile devices won’t become an industry trend anytime soon, except for cybercriminals hijacking unsuspecting users. Even if cybercriminals hijack smartphones and tablets, which has been noted in the past few months by security researchers, it still will be a slow, tedious process. Devices hijacked…
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Two Bitcoin Mining Motherboards Introduced By BIOSTAR
For those interested in mining bitcons, take a look at BIOSTAR’s two motherboards dedicated for such operations. The company has two ATX motherboards that are perfect for setting up a Bitcoin mining machine. One is based on the Intel H81 chipset with an Intel socket 1150 board and the other…
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Experts Reveal Criminal DIY Bitcoin Mining Tool
The Security Experts “Webroot” have revealed a subscription-based criminal DIY mining malware tool. Apparently they found this tool on a Cybercrime forum and the tool can be used to Bitcoin mine on malware infected PCs. “The Bitcoin mining tool comes with a DIY generating tool, start up functionality, installation persistence,…
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