{"id":609,"date":"2023-11-07T10:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/11\/07\/8560191-is-mining-allowed-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:39:30","slug":"8560191-is-mining-allowed-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8560191-is-mining-allowed-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mining Allowed at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Cryptocurrency mining is the process of using computer power to solve complex mathematical problems, which validate and secure transactions on a blockchain. This, in turn, can generate rewards in the form of newly created cryptocurrency coins, or collection of service fees.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Due to security concerns and the intensive use of resources required by crypto miners, <b>mining activity is not allowed at Hostinger<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">However, you can host <b>informative websites<\/b> about cryptocurrency topics, as long as they do not directly involve trading or mining activities. Please consider the following guidelines:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">All hosted materials must <b>comply with applicable laws<\/b> and regulations, including intellectual property rights<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You are <b>not allowed<\/b> to host content of illegal nature or that promotes or encourages any illegal activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You are <b>not allowed<\/b> to host code, files or programs that could limit, disrupt or damage the functionality of Hostinger&rsquo;s software or hardware<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For details on the general rules of conduct, make sure to review our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/universal-terms-of-service-agreement#:~:text=5.%20GENERAL%20RULES%20OF%20CONDUCT\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Terms of Service<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you already have a VPS at Hostinger and you suspect there is malware-related <b>mining activity <\/b>on your server, check this article: <b><a href=\"\/support\/8224050-how-to-secure-your-vps-from-abusive-activity\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Secure Your VPS From Abusive Activity<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Hostinger servers to mine digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-content"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8560191-is-mining-allowed-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/8560191-esta-permitida-la-mineria-en-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}