Gamers mine cryptocurrency for charity
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Gamers mine cryptocurrency for charity

Gamers have been helping the charity Unicef raise funds for aid projects in Syria by mining a cryptocurrency.

Participants donated spare computer processing time to mine the Ethereum cryptocurrency on behalf of the organisation.

But the scheme, which has now ended, had its critics.

BBC Click finds out more.

See more at Click's website and @BBCClick.

  • 03 May 2018
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