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NSF Researcher Suspended For Mining Bitcoin

Posted by Unknown on from the probably-shouldn't-do-that dept.

PvtVoid (1252388) writes "In the semiannual report to Congress by the NSF Office of Inspector General, the organization said it received reports of a researcher who was using NSF-funded supercomputers at two universities to mine Bitcoin. The computationally intensive mining took up about $150,000 worth of NSF-supported computer use at the two universities to generate bitcoins worth about $8,000 to $10,000, according to the report. It did not name the researcher or the universities."

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  1. when Wall St. gets theirs... by globaljustin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is a felony. It's fraud and theft.

    boo fsking hoo

    when the 1000s of asshats who caused the financial crisis are held accountable...all of them...THEN...your question would be valid

    you're a pedantic shit

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    Thank you Dave Raggett