02:07:43 <selsta> https://github.blog/2021-04-22-github-actions-update-helping-maintainers-combat-bad-actors/
02:07:48 <selsta> what a lazy workaround by github lol
03:12:14 <gingeropolous> total miners: 99326
04:00:40 <gingeropolous> wonder if the github countermeasures are responsible?
06:25:17 <sech1> "pull requests from first-time contributors will require manual approval from a repository collaborator with write access before any Actions workflows run"
06:25:27 <sech1> Good enough fix if you ask me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
08:51:37 <Inge-> was this abuse of actions for monero mining?
08:57:32 <sech1> yes
09:18:02 <hv-bridge> <\x> yo sech1, xmrig benchmark page is down
09:18:09 <hv-bridge> <\x> Internal Server Error
09:18:19 <sech1> don't worry, out best men are working on it
09:18:25 <hv-bridge> <\x> based
09:18:44 <sech1> benchmark submission should still work
09:19:47 <moneromooo> "< sech1> don't worry, out best men are working on it"     that's what we were worried about.
09:43:33 <sech1> fixed
14:40:57 <hyc> asic mfr claims to have monero miner https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitwats-release-most-profitable-asic-195600764.html
14:46:24 <selsta> https://bitwats.com/
14:46:52 <hyc> nothing on their site mentions actual hash algos
14:47:18 <selsta> > Monero 2 MH/s at 550W
14:47:22 <selsta> sounds unrealistic?
14:47:26 <hyc> quite
14:48:34 <hyc> first movers would be FPGA guys. they would all have working bitstreams by now. no one's talking about them because they all see they're nowhere near profitable
14:49:56 <hyc> ... how long has it been since Linzhi-Sonia has been chatting in public
14:50:09 <sech1> so the same asic that can mine BTC, ETH, LTC and XMR, right
14:50:10 <sech1> scam
14:50:34 <hyc> yep
14:50:56 <sech1> BTC 360 TH/s @ 550W - 1.5 J/TH, 20 times better than Antminer S19 Pro
14:51:30 <hv-bridge> <\x> i read it as bi twats
14:51:34 <sech1> and similar out of this world numbers for other algos, all for the same device
14:52:59 <hyc> I wonder if people are still stupid enough to buy these things
14:53:11 <hyc> you'd think most people have been burned enough times to be wary by now
14:55:05 <DaveyJones> new hype cycle new fools i guess
15:07:33 <Inge-> oooh 5nm
15:11:01 <Inge-> and their tech department is top notch I see: https://securityheaders.com/?q=bitwats.com&followRedirects=on
15:15:59 <gingeropolous> hyc, noobs are
15:17:43 <Inge-> also, gotta go for their GBT it is better efficiency - 5MH Rx @900W
15:19:03 <Inge-> or their top model - 15MH @2200w or about the power draw of a Vega64 for 2MH/s.
15:28:31 <Inge-> I'm sure they were "founded in 2016 by a team of technology leaders" who just didn't think about registering their domain until they picked it up from namecheap on Feb 24th this year
15:31:06 <gingeropolous> lol
15:31:17 <gingeropolous> mind if i tweet that
15:31:47 <nioc> leaders, always leaders
15:32:29 <Inge-> gingeropolous: preferably without attribution - but knock yourself out.
15:32:43 <gingeropolous> indeed, i just put quotes around it
15:33:10 <Inge-> " the company has recently introduced its exquisite line of advanced ASIC miners" <-- so... what did they do before this?
15:33:59 <Inge-> Nice of them to have an actual email alias for complaints.
15:35:59 <gingeropolous> wow, shit, namecheap is responsive
15:36:01 <gingeropolous> "Hi, if you believe that a domain registered with us is involved in abusive activity, please report it to our Abuse team by submitting a ticket at https://support.namecheap.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit You may also share the ticket ID with us then and we will prioritize it."
15:36:38 <selsta> gingeropolous: namecheap will ignore your report
15:36:55 <gingeropolous> well, i enjoy screaming into the wind
15:36:58 <selsta> reported multiple phishing sites to them and never heard back
15:37:21 <selsta> asked a namecheap employee and the answer was that they get a lot of abuse reports so their team is overworked or so lol
15:38:22 <Inge-> just google bitwats.com and you get a long list of sites to insta-block for being pay-for-pressrelease
15:38:51 <Inge-> https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/comments/mw9co5/bitwats_is_a_scam_beware/
15:41:02 <hyc> wonder why the poster deleted it
15:42:58 <Inge-> holy moly this press release gig is pretty good. bruneitribune? botswanaonlinenews? seychellesnewsgazette? arabnewsexpress? presslasvegas? ugandanewsreleases? LOLWTF
15:57:39 <Inge-> they also have a youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NK8x1deAZE   on their youtube account registered on Arpil 18th
15:59:48 <gingeropolous> totally not stock video
16:04:46 <Inge-> this looks very familiar: https://www.btc.kz/resources/img/miners/m21s_spec.png?v=0.2
16:05:07 <Inge-> although that image ALSO looks like it has been poorly edited on the logo side