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| Published On May 1, 2017 11:18 am CEST  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 2:19 pm CEST | By iGaming Team

Antbleed Flaw Led to Fiasco for BITMAINUsers

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BITMAIN has the reputation of being the first in the world to have developed itself the world’s first consumer-grade 16nm ASIC miner. With the inception in the year 2013, it started to grow much faster. Now, it is the world’s largest leading bitcoin miners using chip technology. Well, the recent report about the leading mining hardware manufacturer is that a security flaw was discovered named as the Antbleed. This has led to adverse situation as well as the circumstances for the manufacturer. It had to seek apology in the public forum and also it was required to give a description about this sue with regards to the recently discovered flaw. No, it is a serious concern in terms or in the field of cryptocurrency or digital currency market which has been booming for the last couple of years.

 

Well, the glitch or the issue regarding the flaw was considered a step of development in the field of security for the cryptocurrency market but it failed miserably. The feature would have got a warm welcome from the users. The new feature which was supposed to allow the users or the owners to remotely shut down the miners. This could have given a control over the platform. Had this been successful, it would have been a wonder for all the users.