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Miners in the Cloud: Measuring and Analyzing Cryptocurrency Mining in Public Clouds. (arXiv:2210.10512v1 [cs.CR])
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Cryptocurrencies, arguably the most prominent application of blockchains,
have been on the rise with a wide mainstream acceptance. A central concept in
cryptocurrencies is "mining pools", groups of cooperating cryptocurrency miners
who agree to share block rewards in proportion to their contributed mining
power. Despite many promised benefits of cryptocurrencies, they are equally
utilized for malicious activities; e.g., ransomware payments, stealthy command,
control, etc. Thus, understanding the interplay between cryptocurrencies,
particularly the mining pools, and other essential infrastructure for profiling …
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