Russian nuclear scientists arrested for 'Bitcoin mining plot'

natr0n · Feb 10, 2018

The suspects had tried to use one of Russia's most powerful supercomputers to mine Bitcoins, media reports say.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43003740

R-T-B · Feb 10, 2018

zeviyosef · Feb 10, 2018

funny that he thought he will get away with it!
:nutkick:

infrared · Feb 10, 2018

@zeviyosef my thoughts exactly! There's zero chance nobody would have noticed haha, dumbest smart people ever!

edit- welcome to the forum btw

LAN_deRf_HA · Feb 10, 2018

Now I'm curious what kind of daily earnings they could have managed.

zeviyosef · Feb 10, 2018

@infrared Thank you!!)
i bet hes like "hmmm let me log off the nuclear program and start minig bitcoin, im sure no one will notice" :laugh:

Nicholas Peyton · Feb 11, 2018

I wonder what that Super Computer would be hashing at. I bet it was that insatiable need to geek out with curiosity that made them do it.

dorsetknob · Feb 11, 2018

Maybe he was

Analyzing the Effects of Nuclear Crypto Block chain meltdown and Crypto Fall out patterns

( Alt Reserchski

)

silentbogo · Feb 11, 2018

Lol. That's one helluva tempting setup.
1PFlops ain't a joke. If it's similar to Lomonosov supercomputer, then it's capable of mining around $3000/day in XMR equivalent just on raw CPU power. Probably has a shitton of Fermi-based Tesla cards too...

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