After Ferrum coin developers abandoned project, and deleted source code, i managed to find a source code that someone forked on time.
This is salvaged code, github account is not from original devs:
https://github.com/mackelec/ferrum/blob/master/src/miner.cpp
Code is PIVX fork, with exception that is added one new function:
Code:
void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
{
LogPrintf("FinancialStocksMiner started\n");
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
RenameThread("FinancialStocksMiner-miner");
// Each thread has its own key and counter
...
..
.
{
LogPrintf("FinancialStocksMiner started\n");
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
RenameThread("FinancialStocksMiner-miner");
// Each thread has its own key and counter
...
..
.
BitcoinMiner -> FinancialStocksMiner in code looks very suspicions, and can be invoked remotely with RPC command.
Looking at this FinancialStocksMiner on the github, more then one project coin have this code inside:
https://github.com/search?q=FinancialStocksMiner+&type=Code
For example versuscoinproject/VersusCoin also have Ferrum coin icon in the exporer for a short time:
https://image.ibb.co/k8RCPH/unknown.png
I am not blockchain developer, is there anyone with some experience in this kind of things take a look at this,
and inform community about potential scam going on, if that is the case.