alt Hacker NewsMonero's proof of work (RandomX) is very asic-resistant and although it generates a very small amount of earnings, if you exploit a vulnerability like this with thousands or tens of thousands of nodes, it can add up (8 modern cores 24/7 on Monero would be in the 10-20c/day per node range). OPs Vps probably generated about $1 for those script kiddies.
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asdff • last Thursday at 1:02 AM
So $40 a year? Does that imply all monero is mined like this because it's clearly not cost effective at all to mine legitimately?
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Hit 1000 servers and it starts adding up. Especially if you live somewhere with a low cost of living.