2018 Global Illegal Cryptocurrency Mining Research Report

As the volume of digital currency transactions grows, more and more related industries are also booming. Mining, as an upstream link in the industrial chain, has created huge profits, and companies, suppliers and traders are flocking to it.

Mining mainly consumes computing resources and electricity costs, and obtains digital currency rewards through digital solutions. However, the high cost of machine procurement and maintenance and high electricity bills have spawned many illegal means of making money. Illegal electricity theft, Trojan mining, and ordinary software mining have become the main illegal mining methods.

The rampant illegal mining activities have brought negative impacts to the entire mining industry. First, both enterprises and users will suffer losses to varying degrees, and second, it has accelerated the increase in mining difficulty and undermined the stability of the mining market.

In the future, the mining industry will face a reshuffle, with technology upgrades and market expansion overlapping. Both companies and users will continue to improve their security awareness and strengthen their protection levels to jointly promote the development of the mining industry.

The following is the text of the Chain Tower Think Tank's "2018 Global Digital Currency Illegal Mining Research Report":