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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/30/24 12:45 PM, Zach van Rijn via
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Fortunately, no account was compromised; the software was being
run by the authorized user. Supposedly not mining cryptocurrency
but testing related software (still being investigated).
We are evaluating whether to wholesale ban all crypto-related
software to avoid this type of confusion, even if it is FOSS,
has low resource consumption, and is not being used for profit.
Discussions ongoing.
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<p>While I have not recently made use of the compile farm, as a
developer of open source Bitcoin node and mining software,
explicitly supporting platforms I do not presently have access to
otherwise than via the compile farm, I would find it disappointing
for an overly broad ban to be made even on the intended usage of
the compile farm.</p>
<p>Abuse like actually mining on the farm should be at least as easy
to distinguish from legitimate usage, as cryptocurrency vs other
software genres. I don't see how it would be "confusing" either -
any developer knows the difference between development and that
kind of abuse. If someone is claiming they were confused, I would
suspect dishonesty - it wouldn't be a good reason to ban
legitimate usage by honest developers.</p>
<p>Luke<br>
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