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Bitcoin miner’s control over minting new coins creates security risks, researchers say

16

Jun

2014

A single bitcoin mining network has repeatedly supplied more than half the computational power necessary to mint new bitcoins, undermining the decentralized nature of the digital currency and creating new security concerns. Ars Technica reports on new research from Cornell University showing that GHash, a top mining pool whose leaders are unknown, performed more than 51 percent […]

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Bitcoin rival rewards you for archiving history instead of doing useless math

04

Jun

2014

Other than generating lucre, Bitcoin mining does nothing but waste of time and energy. Thats why researchers from Microsoft and the University of Maryland have developed Permacoins which reward you for actually doing something useful: backing up important data to your hard drives. For instance, you could earn crypto-coins by helping store, say, the 200TB […]

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Watch Dogs Torrent Comes with Bitcoin Malware

27

May

2014

Mining Bitcoin efficiently requires a powerful computer, and few home computers are more powerful than gaming rigs. Enterprising hackers may have corrupted a pirated version of Ubisofts anticipated game Watch Dogs with insidious Bitcoin mining software. According to the PC gaming site Gamecrastinate, a significant number of users downloading unauthorized Watch Dogs torrents reported a […]

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