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April 22, 2018, 05:40:12 PM
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After Ferrum coin developers abandoned project, and deleted source code, i managed to find a source code that someone forked on time.

This is salvaged code, github account is not from original devs:
https://github.com/mackelec/ferrum/blob/master/src/miner.cpp

Code is PIVX fork, with exception that is added one new function:

Code:
void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
{
    LogPrintf("FinancialStocksMiner started\n");
    SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
    RenameThread("FinancialStocksMiner-miner");

    // Each thread has its own key and counter
...
..
.


BitcoinMiner -> FinancialStocksMiner in code looks very suspicions, and can be invoked remotely with RPC command.


Looking at this  FinancialStocksMiner on the github, more then one project coin have this code inside:



https://github.com/search?q=FinancialStocksMiner+&type=Code





For example versuscoinproject/VersusCoin  also have Ferrum coin icon in the exporer for a short time:

https://image.ibb.co/k8RCPH/unknown.png


I am not blockchain developer, is there anyone with some experience in this kind of things take a look at this,
and inform community about potential scam going on, if that is the case.



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