Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agoATTENTION: 1337X IS NO LONGER SAFE [Reposted from Reddit]lm.madiator.cloudexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down184
arrow-up1971arrow-down1external-linkATTENTION: 1337X IS NO LONGER SAFE [Reposted from Reddit]lm.madiator.cloudMadiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square305fedilink
minus-squareCummandoX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 years agoI know this is probably obvious to many people, but if a charitable soul could explain to me what a miner is and why the admins are involved in it, it would be very much appreciated. Also, explain like I am 5 if possible
minus-squareVahtos@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·2 years agoA cryptocurrency miner. It uses your computer to generate currency, which costs you resources (electricity, compute power, etc.).
minus-squaresounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoExcept the currency mined doesn’t go to you, but to the malware designer
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I know this is probably obvious to many people, but if a charitable soul could explain to me what a miner is and why the admins are involved in it, it would be very much appreciated. Also, explain like I am 5 if possible
A cryptocurrency miner. It uses your computer to generate currency, which costs you resources (electricity, compute power, etc.).
Except the currency mined doesn’t go to you, but to the malware designer