NVIDIA admits a big mistake when it accidentally cracked the RTX 3060’s mining restriction feature

It’s true that one glass goes a mile wrong!

Last month, NVIDIA announced it would integrate a feature that limits the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its newly launched RTX 3060 graphics cards. This is good news for users, because it will be difficult for miners to use the RTX 3060 to mine coins, and the supply will no longer be in short supply for those who really need this graphics card.

However, in an unexpected move, just a few days ago, NVIDIA itself cracked this mining restriction feature, making the ability to use RTX 3060 to mine Ethereum can reach 100% capacity. .

NVIDIA confirmed today that this was a big mistake. “A developer driver accidentally integrated code used in internal development that could have been used to remove the hash rate limit on the RTX 3060.”an Nvidia spokesperson said: “This driver has now been removed.”

NVIDIA has removed this driver, but it is too late, when miners have the key to unlock the power of the RTX 3060 “buffaloes”. The latest version of NVIDIA’s 470.05 beta driver can automatically open. limits the performance of most RTX 3060 graphics cards, for Ethereum mining. Miners can now find and download copies of this driver on the internet, and NVIDIA has no way to prevent that.

Previously, NVIDIA was very confident with the limited mining feature on the RTX 3060. Even NVIDIA believed that there was no way to crack this feature. NVIDIA’s head of communications Bryan Del Rizzo stated that: “It’s not just a special driver. There is a solid security between the driver, the chip of the RTX 3060 and the BIOS to ensure that this feature cannot be cracked.”

Now things are completely different. It’s true that one glass goes a mile wrong!

Reference: theverge