[cfarm-users] Compile Farm acceptable usage

[Luke Dashjr]

On 12/30/24 12:45 PM, Zach van Rijn via cfarm-users wrote:
> 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.

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.

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.

Luke
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