January 8, 2019. Turns out you actually can’t pay for Fortnite Merch with Monero. News of Fornite accepting the cryptocurrency Monero as a payment option has spread these last few days, only for Fortnite publisher Epic Games remove it subsequently. The highly popular video game has a merchandise store called Retail Row, which supports GloBee, a…
A League of Legends (LoL) player in the Philippines found out that his LoL client runs a cryptocurrency mining program in his PC without his knowledge.
The ads contain a javascript that runs a mining malware, which in turn, mines the private cryptocurrency – Monero.
When you run the file, it will install a cryptocurrency mining malware that mines an altcoin. Learn how to prevent this from happening in this article.
Inspired by the Bitcoin Protocol, Monero addresses scalability and privacy concerns inherent in Bitcoin, operating as a peer-to-peer system.
