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Topic: Harvard student caught using Harvard computing cluster to mine DOGE!!! (Read 2514 times)

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n1 haha what a great guy
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It would be interesting to know the amount of Doge he mined using the Odyssey cluster with the current difficulty.
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One of the technicians in my old lab used a cluster on campus to mine BTC back in the day, I'm surprised he never got caught. I'd had access to supercomputer clusters for a while now, I'd thought of it but it around when Litecoin came out but it always seemed like a really stupid idea because of the chance of expulsion if I got caught.

On the other hand you could've been rich
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not sure how much hash the cpu cluster could generate for a scrypt coin but he got caught in less than 2 hours, couldn't even make a full bitcoin out of this LOL
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Tough, guess the temptation was too strong to resist
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One of the technicians in my old lab used a cluster on campus to mine BTC back in the day, I'm surprised he never got caught. I'd had access to supercomputer clusters for a while now, I'd thought of it but it around when Litecoin came out but it always seemed like a really stupid idea because of the chance of expulsion if I got caught.
Yeah, totally not worth it, specially with a good school. It looks bad to other schools and employers knowing you got expelled.
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One of the technicians in my old lab used a cluster on campus to mine BTC back in the day, I'm surprised he never got caught. I'd had access to supercomputer clusters for a while now, I'd thought of it but it around when Litecoin came out but it always seemed like a really stupid idea because of the chance of expulsion if I got caught.
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Well, I'm glad it was just a slap on the wrist.
Sneaky bastard though.
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I love it!  Someone at Harvard used their Odyssey cluster to mine DOGEcoin briefly.  Only one minor problem -- they got caught.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/secret-dogecoin-mining-operation-harvard-computers-results-ban-n35936

If I were in a position to put mass amounts of computer power to work for my own personal gain, I definitely would!   Grin
little rascal, reminds me Mark.
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I love it!  Someone at Harvard used their Odyssey cluster to mine DOGEcoin briefly.  Only one minor problem -- they got caught.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/secret-dogecoin-mining-operation-harvard-computers-results-ban-n35936

If I were in a position to put mass amounts of computer power to work for my own personal gain, I definitely would!   Grin
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