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CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on EthereumA new craze for virtual kittens is slowing down trade in one of the largest crypto-currencies.CryptoKitties lets players buy and breed "crypto-pets" on Ethereum's underlying blockchain network. An estimated $4.5m (£3.35m) has been spent on the cartoon cats at the time of writing, according to Crypto Kitty Sales.What is a CryptoKitty?Think of these rather unpalatable cartoon kittens as unique digital Pokemon cards. The game's developers describe them as "breedable Beanie Babies", each with its own unique 256-bit genome.How much are CryptoKitties worth?At the time of writing, the median, or mid-range, price of a CryptoKitty is approximately $23.06 (£17.19), according to Crypto Kitty Sales.The game's top cat brought in $117,712.12 (£87,686.11) when it sold on Saturday, 2 December. Where do the CryptoKitties come from?Axiom Zen releases a new CryptoKitty every 15 minutes, but the rest of the supply is powered by the breeding of existing crypto-pets. Owners of kittens can put them up for sale and set their own price in ethers.
Is your browser slower than normal? Hackers could be mining Bitcoin on your computer without you ever knowing, warn experts
A malware strain known as Loapi will damage phones if users don't remove it from their devices. Left to its own means, this modular threat will download a Monero cryptocurrency miner that will overheat and overwork the phone's components, which will make the battery bulge, deform the phone's cover, or even worse.
Watch our ads or we’ll use your CPU for cryptominingFrom this week, visitors to the Salon news site who are running an adblocker have been confronted with a blunt choice: turn off your adblocker or let the site use your browser to mine cryptocurrency instead.You’re on the horns of a dilemma: turn on ads and be annoyed by in-your-face content you’re tired of (and goodness knows what else besides), or turn on cryptomining and be annoyed by hidden content that sends your CPU into thermal overload (and goodness knows what else besides).