cryptomining

The process of reverse-engineering the encryption used by cryptocurrency in order to generate cryptocurrency.

Noun

  1. The process of reverse-engineering the encryption used by cryptocurrency in order to generate cryptocurrency.
    • It’s almost as if cryptomining were designed to break graphics cards – miners usually run their graphics cards for 24 hours, and the process creates a lot of heat. - 2018 February 12, Antonio Villas-Boas, “I've started...
    • Demin warned that more companies could face malicious software capable of cryptomining. Of late, a number of businesses were caught running cryptomining code on their websites to secretly generate digital currencies as...
    • One currency that is actively mined through cryptomining malware is Monero. - 2016 September 9, JP Buntinx, “NAS Servers Infected With Crypto Malware Are Mining Monero”, in News BTC:

Origin

From crypto- + mining.