Bitcoin Virus

[finway]

Just got this idea:
Create a bot, receive donations(or make money by providing VPN service), buy a vps(automatically), install a bitcoin node and a bot,  repeat.

[andrew12]

That is not a virus, that is a business. Also, you will eventually run out of VPS services that you can automatically buy.

[caffeinewriter]

You could alternatively create another account/order on the same vps provider. And while it is not a "virus" per say, it certainly is a viral idea.

[Dabs]

What's the point?

[lophie]

I actually am doing it! In my university we have alot of restrictions like online games. I rent VPSes, Install openvpn and configure them so they would with with our proxy. And the subscribers pay me a vertain fee. Now for the interesting part that I am working on. I will link each account with a btc address and give them all the info and mining software to mine to that address via a p2pool node (havent decided if it would be on LAN or on the internet). Then they can subscribe with the coins they mined for me!

It was one of the reasons I got this idea in first place. To get people to know what the hell bitcoins are!

[Mike Hearn]

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Agents

[finway]

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Agents

Thanks, anyone working on this?

[Mike Hearn]

I don't think so.

[caffeinewriter]

This would be quite an interesting project to work on, but far from an easy venture.

[Mushroomized]

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Agents

If I recall correctly there is a book like this where a dude writes a virus that steals peoples money and does stuff like that