March 1, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Botnets: Monero, Mining Algorithms, and the Rise of Ryo Currency
Monero’s promise of privacy and decentralization has long been overshadowed by its vulnerability to botnets, networks of hijacked devices that exploit its CPU-friendly mining algorithms. Operation Endgame’s 2024 revelation—that a single botnet controlled 40% of Monero’s hashrate—exposed the fragility of its ethos,…
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