The viral story about an enthusiast mining the Ethereum cryptocurrency on PlayStation 5 has been debunked.
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Yesterday, Gizchina and a slew of other media reported on how the popular console was hijacked to mine Ether with a hashrate of 98.76 MH/s, according to a screenshot that was making the rounds online.
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However, the aforementioned screenshot also contains an inconspicuous QR code that reveals the following text translated from Chinese:
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There is no such software for entertainment hahaha.
That means that we have to wait and see whether Sony will actually venture into mining itself.
Dan Burgin
Vladislav Sopov
U.Today Editorial Team