In the Russian nuclear center said about mining on a supercomputer

in #russian7 years ago

Two engineers all-Russian research Institute of experimental physics located in the Nizhny Novgorod region, detained for mining cryptocurrency in the workplace.

In a press-service of the Institute noted that the attempt of unauthorized use of utility computing for personal purposes, including for mining.

“Would-be miners detained by the competent authorities.Both men are under house arrest.

Sarov engaged in the development and production of nuclear weapons. The supercomputer at the centre put into operation in 2011. It has a capacity of 1 petaflops. Until 2020 it is planned to increase to 1 exaflops. Now it is one of the two most powerful supercomputers in Russia.