Electric Car Owner Says His Hacked Tesla Model 3 Mined up to $800 a Month Min...

Electric Car Owner Says His Hacked Tesla Model 3 Mined up to $800 a Month Min...

According to the 2018 Tesla Model 3 owner, Siraj Raval, he mined up to $800 a month in crypto assets with his hacked-out electric car. Similarly, Chris Allessi, the owner of a Tesla Model S tethered a Bitmain Antminer S9 to his car’s electrical system to mine bitcoin, and he’s mined monero with the car’s internal computer as well. Tesla Owners Mining Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero This week, two Tesla owners explained how they rigged their cars to mine digital currencies. According to Siraj Raval, he connected graphics processing units (GPUs) to his 2018....


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