[FRIAM] Get ready for Blockchain

[Marcus Daniels]

CPU based mining is incredibly inefficient.    The most advanced ASIC miners (Antminer9, $2500) are 100,000 times faster than a CPU for bitcoin mining.   Maybe if it was a KNL many-core you could get one more zero of that.   So, somehow they've got to hijack 10,000-100,000 computers through RDP just to match what they could put on a desk?    Ok, hijacking the machines is a way to get free energy, but wouldn't it be easier to hide a dedicated miner in a dorm or an obscure campus closet?

Speaking of dumb criminals, what kind of moron goes after Ariane Grande fans?   This forces the social conservatives in the west to get behind a dazzling young feminist and engages all these young fans at an early age to realize that the impact ideology, religion, and politics can have on their lives.  ISIS is a little short on critical thinking skills, it seems!

Marcus
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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ?
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:59 AM
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And "get ready" has more than one dimension:

It Isn’t Ransomware, But It Will Take Over Your Server Anyway http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/pandalabs/ransomware-remote-desktop-protocol/

On 05/17/2017 12:36 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
> Techno evolution?
> 
> https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/


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