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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: Trololo2060 on August 21, 2014, 11:54:50 AM



Title: Who is the most interested in the mining?
Post by: Trololo2060 on August 21, 2014, 11:54:50 AM

Some interested statistic about miners nationality based on software downloads

                                 Systems
    Country           Android   Linux   Macintosh   Unknown   Windows   Total
1.   United States       3           0   12           143           916           1,074
2.   Germany              1           0    0           153           183           337
3.   Italy                   0           1    2              4            208           215
4.   United Kingdom     0           0    1              0           175           176
5.   Russia                 1           0    0              7           130           138



The full scope is here (https://sourceforge.net/projects/guiminerscrypt/files/stats/map?dates=2014-03-13%20to%202014-08-21) 


Title: Re: Who is the most interested in the mining?
Post by: Detained on August 21, 2014, 11:55:57 AM
What is the unknown column in US/Ger?


Title: Re: Who is the most interested in the mining?
Post by: nwoolls on August 21, 2014, 12:09:09 PM
What is the unknown column in US/Ger?

This is someone spamming malware. The link in the stats and in his signature contain malware. These folks are also spreading this (under the name GUIMiner Scrypt) on other forums as well.


Title: Re: Who is the most interested in the mining?
Post by: sgk on August 21, 2014, 12:11:43 PM
Some interested statistic about miners nationality based on software downloads

                                 Systems
    Country           Android   Linux   Macintosh   Unknown   Windows   Total
1.   United States       3           0   12           143           916           1,074
2.   Germany              1           0    0           153           183           337
3.   Italy                   0           1    2              4            208           215
4.   United Kingdom     0           0    1              0           175           176
5.   Russia                 1           0    0              7           130           138

The full scope is here (https://sourceforge.net/projects/guiminerscrypt/files/stats/map?dates=2014-03-13%20to%202014-08-21)  

Misleading info.

They're scrypt miners, not Bitcoin miners. (Since you posted this in Bitcoin section I'm assuming you are talking about Bitcoin miners?)