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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They wouldn't? Monero is more profitable for botnets than bitcoin because it (deliberately) doesn't require specialized hardware.

Who was talking about ransomware? Maybe I'm missing some context here.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There is a whole universe of coins beyond BTC and Monero, and many of them are more profitable to mine with non ASIC hardware than Monero.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like which ones? Monero is the biggest one I'm aware of that has mining but no ASICs.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://minerstat.com/mining-calculator

Right now, there's about 75 coins/pools/mining methods that are more profitable from a pure mining perspective than XMR... with just an Nvidia 3080.